What cleaner do you guys use to clean the throttle body? Any suggestions would be great.

 

CRC makes a cleaner specifically for cleaning throttle body's. They claim it contains no harsh chemicals that could potentially harm the MAF sensor. I believe NAPA stores sell CRC products.

 

MOC/BG/Petro works just fine.

 

ok thanks.

 

I just cleaned my throttle body with STP Throttle Body cleaner--it came with one of those little straw attachments that made it easy to spray throughout the opening. My 2005 Maxima has 206,000 mi and it made it idle much smoother and shift smoother, too. Highly recommend this product!

 

Wow ! You must be driving all of the time. I only have 46 K on my 04 (bought May of 03 = 3+ years old).

The national average is less than 12 K a year.

Good to see that the 6th Gen holds up well to high mileage.

 

That is a lot of miles. When are you not in your car?

 

I used $1 carb cleaner from Wal-Mart.

 

What's the best way to go about cleaning the throttle body (2002 Maxima in my case)?

 

i just use valvaline's sythentic stuff works well

 

dude, this guy is traveling 306 miles PER day for 730 days STRAIGHT...this is assuming he had the car for 2yrs (bought mid 04, as 05 model)...

I think that is impossible...but what do I know?

 

Personally,I use the BG TB cleaner.

 

Is there a "how-to" for cleaning the throttle body anywhere?

Thanks!

 

Yeah, I'm looking for a how-to also!

 

I normally remove the tb when I clean it and I use carb cleaner

 

I used the spray can Seafoam Deep Creep, it cut through my throttle body and intake Carbon like hot knife on butter, best decarbon cleaner I've ever used.

 

You just need to remove the intake. The have the car on and spray the can around the edge of the throttle body. Thats how I did it.