[QUOTE=s0ber]It's really crusty back there i cleaned mine...QUOTE]

 

When i clean behind it do i have to take anything else off or can it be done by just removing the intake? any specific stuff i should use to clean it?

 

toothbrush and a rag

 

i mean is there any specific liquid or like wd40, soad or do i go buy some stuff from a parts stores?

 

u dont have to take off the tb to clean the back of the butterfly plate just open the butterfly most cleaning cans come with the spray straw aim it up at the back of the plate then take a tooth brush to that sucker it will clean just fine then after stick the towel in there with your finger and wipe it clean just make sure u dont loose the towel in the process that would be a headache haha

 

cleaning the throttle body is a nice simple task with some good feeling results, BUT, its just a small part of the whole intake system. How do you clean deep inside to get a real, deep clean.

 

i did mine last winter.....time to do it again

 

HAHA He said take it off and clean the hole...

I do tb often. Actually it is one of the easiest of the maintenance bits you can do to the car, besides octane booster or change filter.

 

Remove the intake plenum, I cleaned it all up to the manifold when I changed my rear valve cover gasket, if you want to do that just to clean it I would recommend changing all gaskets, intake plenum gasket, rear valve cover, maybe the sparkplug oil seals.. Because once you take that apart...

You never want to do it again.. lol

 

OoOoOps I dropped the toothbrush into the intake, what do I do now?

 

find a midget with small hands and have him stick his hands in there. lol

 

After reading the instructions on that canadian page, I decide to give this a shot. I just went to AutoZone, bought some STP Throttle Body Cleaner for $2.50. I just got done cleaning it and taking it for a test drive.

Results: feels the same.

 

Some have better results when they spray it inside while the cars on..

 

Just make sure to hold onto the MAF hose near the plenum... if not the car will turn off.

 

Yeah what he said --^

Also, I dont think anyone is this dumb but just incase.. DO NOT SPRAY IT THROUGH THE MAF... lol if you do.. Start calling some junkyards to buy a new one.

 

I just clean it guys and is it supposed to stutter when u first start? it then it idles a little after 1 is that normal. I took it for a test drive dont feel a difference but the rag was filthy? Is the supposed to idle that high?

 

Yes its going to studder, if u sprayed alot it might not even turn on for a few cranks.. Its normal but once it burns off it will/should get back to normal.. Unless you screwed with the MAF....

 

I did't even go near the maf i took it competely off. Should it idle that high tho?

 

is your car warmed up?? How high is it.

 

its at 2 little lines over the 1 and i am pretty sure it warmed up

 

**** me and s0ber should be mods on throttle body cleaning

 

Wait till the Temperature gauge is in the middle, thats when your car is warmed up... anytime under there the car is going to idle high because it needs to run a little bit to warm itself up.

normal is around 600rpm +/- 100rpms

 

LOL i've mastered the art of TB cleaning..

and yeah go drive around the block a few times then check the idle again..

 

thanks man i'm gonna try that now

 

If I spay in there w/the car running, will a lot of smoke come out of the exhaust. My neighbors might call the Fire Dept. on me..... I smoked up the whole city when I poured seafoam into my G Cherokee a while back!!!!

 

There a lot of people on hear that forgot how it was when they first started working on cars. You always ask questions the first time you do something so you dont screw something up. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. Make sure you use throttle body cleaner so you don't screw up the coating in the TB

 

im gonna do it even though i havent noticed anything wrong with my idle but anything to get some more power

 

hey i just let my car run for like 7 min then took it for a test drive. It still idle's at 1 and 2 line above that. I used carburetor choke cleaner was this ok

 

I really wanna try this but Im worried that I will screw something up.

 

so do i and i dont know wut im doing, but i read through the motorvate write up and things look like they should go smoothly, id do the same if i was u, get a nice set of detailed illustrated pics...

 

use the actual throttle body cleaner spray and it costs like 4 dollars...
Anyways I had my car off and just cleaned the tb by the endges of butterfly plate... I noticed some improvement in idling and some few more horsepowers, but I dont think it lasted for too long. been a week since i ve done it and car seems to be normal as before tb cleaning.

 

damn i couldnt have said it better myself, is there a specific brand thats the best? or just some generic throttle body cleaner?

 

hey guys no one answered my question. If i use the b12 chemtool carburetor choke cleaner is that harmful. I already did it so any help would be great if i have to clean it out now!!!!!!!!!

 

Choke cleaner should be ok....all that stuff does is break up gunk

 

I looked at the write up. I think Im gonna try this tomorrow. Wish me luck.

 

it's not that it went away, it's just that you got use to it again

 

yeah me too, on sunday post when ure done

 

Ok will do.

 

funny, i was gonna do this tomorrow then i saw this post lol. I dont think in the 148k miles my car has that its ever been done! I'm spraying it clean with tb cleaner. gonna clean it off and on. Then inabout 700 miles when i do my oil change, its seafoam time!

 

Thats crazy, My car also has 148K miles. Coincidence???? I think not!