My local Kragen didn't have Throttle Body cleaner. They suggested I use carb cleaner, which I read in a thread that it will destroy a protective lubricating film on the TB surface. The Kragen worker said "no, it's teflon safe, so it will work ok".

So is a teflon safe carb cleaner ok to use in the tb?

Jae

 

I'm going to use STP Throttle Body & Air Intake Cleaner to clean my TB this weekend.

 

Get the TB cleaner. I wouldn't use that carbuerator cleaner.

 

yeah, just go somewhere else and get it. they're like 3 bucks max... not worth the risk

 

I have a can of good old carb cleaner and a can of air intake cleaner. Reading the car, they both are pretty much the exact same thing. Toluene, Acetone, Methanoal - The air intake cleaner also contains Propane. Conclusion, it's the same stuff.

Marketing 101

 

Hmmm I don't know. Maybe if they were in the same concentrations, and even then the TB cleaner has propane while the carb cleaner doesn't. That difference alone can make for a VERY different chemical composition and reactive abilities.

Do you put cottonseed, linseed, or corn oil in your engine? Probably not...but oil is oil right?