I thought that new ultrasonic cleaner was just a gimmick for our shop

We got a Crest 2.5 gallon unit last month and I was sure it was just a fancy parts washer. Then I used it on a set of gummed-up fuel nozzles from a Cessna 172 that came in from Tucson. After one 15 minute cycle, they looked brand new and passed flow tests perfectly. Has anyone else found a specific part that cleans up way better with ultrasonic than the old methods?

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quinn60617d ago

Carburetor jets are a whole different story now. Used to poke at them for an hour with a wire. Ten minutes in the tank and every single passage is clear. Makes you wonder what else we've been wasting time on, right?

wood.uma17d ago

Remember cleaning jets with a guitar string, @quinn606. Soaking them in simple green changed my life. It makes you question every old school fix.

seanc7317d ago

Man, I don't know. I get it, the simple green soak is easier than poking with a wire. But @wood.uma, calling it life changing feels like a stretch. It's just cleaning a carb jet. Sometimes the old way works fine if you're careful. Not every new trick needs to make us question everything we used to do.

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