Cleaning throttle body worth it?

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10-16-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WildMax87

so the 4 bolts, and the 2 sensor plug things(haha excuse my lack of knowledge) and it comes off????also for the gasket i go into autozone and ask for......

no ther will be 3 or 4 hoses below the TB attached to it, these will give you the most trouble as two of those are coolant hoses and will have been coocked on there from heating and cooling of the coolant

they will give you the most trouble with the job so use a flat head screw driver to pry them off carefully, NOT ripping them... good luck

10-18-2007, 05:40 PM

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Is it ok to spray some TB cleaner into the Plenum after I take out the throtte body or no.

10-18-2007, 06:18 PM

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Is it ok to spray some TB cleaner into the Plenum after I take out the throtte body or no.

best thing to do is spray it on a rag then clean the IM.

10-18-2007, 06:46 PM

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thanks alot Cdg2125

10-23-2007, 09:55 AM

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Be careful with your MAF!
Clean the gasket mating surfaces well.
Reconnect the throttle cables before mounting the TB.
Look all connections over a second time before cranking.

You'll do fine. Just take your time. Once you get the TB off, you'll see how much more effective it was to remove it completely for cleaning.

10-23-2007, 12:10 PM

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I have some strange sound like whitle after running 10 min. Many local machincs told me it is because of idler pully, A/C compressur, or inside the engine. But I found the solution on the forum. It was a problem of dirty throttle body and IAVC valve. I bought 2 bottle of throttle body cleaners and take them out the engine to clean. After that everything is fine. I feel the rpm is a little up like 1000~1100 when the gear is P (A/T).

10-23-2007, 12:13 PM

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haha why the he!! would you buy 2 bottles of cleaner? One is more then sufficient to clean the TB, IACV, and IM

10-23-2007, 12:30 PM

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the rpms shouldnt be 1000-1100 at park. not unless the engine is cold.

10-23-2007, 12:43 PM

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my car sits at 1k at park. 700 in D. That's fine.

10-24-2007, 02:25 PM

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Throttle Cables

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Originally Posted by Cdg2125

you need a write-up how to take off the plugs? you push on the tabs and pull them off. No the cables will not retract. You do need to replace the gasket yes. An don't be like other newbs and say no I don't want to pay for a new gasket so I'll just shot TB cleaner into the IM. Then they report issues with firing and wonder why.

How do you check / adjust the throttle cables?

10-24-2007, 02:30 PM

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How do you check / adjust the throttle cables?

what do you need to check? You can see if there is slack there. If there is then adjust them. If not then there is no need to. Have to loosen one of the nuts on the cable, push in the slack then tighten the nut.