Slow jet question

[Tri-ZNate]

Should you be able to see through it? Just for *** and giggles I stuck a paper clip in it to see where the plug is and it is almost at the halfway make. Should that be able to go all the way through?

[TimSr]

Some go straight through, and some dont, but I have never seen one big enough to run a paper clip through.

[Tri-ZNate]

Yeah its only a pin hole. I believe my problem is there was gas sitting in it for 10+ years so it varnished the carb and REALLY plugged my slow jet. So its gonna sit in carb cleaner till it loosens up.

[Wickedfinger]

The first thing they teach you in carb collage 101 is "Never stick ANYTHING into a jet, ever" - Especially steel into brass. They are a highly precise, metered port/nozel - even the slightest variation in size can give an unpredicatable and therefore "unmetered" result. If you can't clean it out, replace it.

[Tri-ZNate]

I'm gonna have to replace it because this stuff just wont loosen up.