I thought would be hard to clean. Not sure what to soak in being plastic. Any powerful cleaner would probably destroy it. It needs a vacuum pulled on pulse side, not easy to do, I don't have a tool to do that.
Kart engines normally have pulse fuel pumps to pump fuel to the carb. Some are metal and rebuildable, and some are plastic. The plastic ones, when they malfunction, you replace with new. Even the metal ones when rebuildt don't seem to work properly, so best to just replace them too. I remember Art having a problem getting enough fuel to the carb, a fuel pump would have solved his problem. I would post to his thread, but I think he is no longer active.
I would install a manual petcock, just haven't figured out a good place to locate it. Maybe will look at it again today.
These work really well:
http://www.ombwarehouse.com/Briggs-and-Stratton-494768-1-4-Fuel-Shut-Off-Valve.htmlCheers