Hey,

This weekend I'm planning on Recharging my K&N filter so I was thinking about cleaning the throttle body also.. but I'm not to sure what to remove and clean.. I did a search but I still wasn't to sure...does anyone know sites with pics?... let me know please.

thanks,

 

Just remove the airbox from the throttle body. Open up the butterfly valve and clean the inside repeatedly using throttle body cleaner and a tooth brush. Pretty simple and easy. Good luck


Miguel

 

As long as you have an hour or two for the oil on the filter to soak in you may as well remove the throttle body and give it a thorough cleaning. Buy the Haynes manual at a Trak or Pep boys, also get the throttle body gasket (real cheap) and some Throttle Body cleaner. The manual has a clear, step-by-step w/ pictures section on removing and cleaning the throttle body. This is the best way to do it. Also, some people had problems when they cleaned the TB on the car. Make sure to adjust your throttle cables too - that made a world of difference on my car. THat is also covered in the manual. Good luck.

 

That's funny i just cleaned out mine today with Gumout TB cleaner but the thing is that it did do it's job the vacum line worked better then before and i did open the butterfly wide open and it seem to be a smoother ride but one question if you were on the driver side fender the left tube does not suck any air ? is this a prob but the right tube sucks pretty good (like my girl) lol j/k but yeah tell me your info guys

 

are you talking about the tube the goes to the valve cover?

 

The tube you're referring to is part of the the pcv system. That one in particular is the outgoing side I believe. I hope you didn't spray anything into that. That goes to your crankcase.

 

yeah i sprayed it dangggggg!!!!!!!!!!! is it going to hurt it cuz it runs fine

 

I've seen throttle body cleaning covered before on this forum. Do a search on it.

 

when i did mine my throttle response became very responsive and i felt a big difference. i got throttle body cleaner from nissan. i took off the throttle body and cleaned both sides untill it looked new. i also cleaned out my upper intake manifold until it looked new also.

 

I may be wrong on this, but I'm fairly certain you sprayed it into the pcv system, thus putting a cleaner in with your engine oil. I would suspect it would probably be fine, but personally, I would change my oil so that I only had oil, and not oil and tb cleaner, flowing through my engine. Otherwise glad to hear your car is running good.

 

But does your blow out or in on the left tube side ? cuz i don't feel any pressure on that tube. the tube from the right had some sucking power but that is it thanks dog for helping me out

 

No, I don't believe it should have suction on it. However, it is part of the 'closed' system so it is part of the path for the crankcase fumes. Check your pcv valve too. It is mounted on the valve cover right beside the tb. Take it out and spray some cleaner in there and shake it a bit so that it freely moves. It sounds like your stuff is working properly.

 

I used to have White walls. Loved em' too!

 

question... after you clean the TB, how long before it gets dirty again? how often should we clean it?

 

supposed to be every 30K miles. but you can do it however often you want to...

 

Tip: If your spraying your tb while it on the car keep a hand on the straw. Trust me you don't want to shoot that into your intake manifold.

 

OK thats it... im confused whats the right and safest way to clean this thing? what has to come off in what order? i wanna do this at work tommorrow.

 

Its really pretty simple. Pull off all the intake stuff so you can get to the butterfly valve. Open up butterfly valve, hold onto straw and spray in cleaner. Take a tooth brush and scrub what you can get to. I'd suggest trying to wipe out as much cleaner as you can when your done. Put car back together and watch black smoke come out of your tail pipe.

 

lol

 

that would have to be one of the worst things that could hppen...

 

i just finished cleaning mine...no more rough idling, and much smooth idle hehe... i just took the intake off, and told my bro. to hold the gas peddle while i spray and scrub hehe...afterwards....my car had trouble starting hehe....so i just keep on cranking it, and press on the gas..... i heard my car gargle a bit and then... i just hear..... grrrr.... then it's done

 

while u spray and scrub...
im asking because you said ur bro was holdin the pedal down while u scrubbed...

thnx.

 

No, but having someone hold the accelerator down is easier to open the throttle plate than holding it by hand.

 

people make such simple tasks overly complicated

 

yeah...it got so much easier when he holds down the gas hehe... and no the car is not on..... and trust me... your car won't stay on long after the spraying starts

 

i couldn't agree more

 

Thanks to all you guys for ur infos and tips..

the job was easy and well done..starts up like a charm and responds like new!

 

told ya it was easy

 

told ya it was easy