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To clean the engine use Dawn Power Dissolver. Get it at Wally's World or Ace Hardware. Its about $3.50 a bottle and works great to clean engines. To do it, disassemble the engine and soak the parts (except the Gold head) in the Dawn for about 10-20 minutes. then using a toothbrush, give each part a good scrubbing. Rinse each part thoroughly with water and IMMEDIATELY spray with WD-40. The Dawn like any degreaser will remove all protection from the metal and it will immediately begin to rust unless protected with a film of oil. Place the head in a shallow pan of Dawn so that the liquid is not high enough to touch the gold annodizing and then clean the inside of the head with the toothbrush, rinse and oil. Make sure that when you clean the carb, that no plastic or rubber parts are left to soak in the Dawn lest they get Dissolved (surprise!). Reassemble the engine with a good after-run oil (I mix my own, but the Tower after-run is a good product) and you are good to go.

Scott