Sup all,

Today on my day off, I decided to work on my car. So off to pep boys i went. I decided to do a oil change, change my air filter and clean my throttle body. Didnt really think it would make such a difference, but hell yah what a difference. Has everybody that cleaned theirs experienced the same dramatic difference??? There was alot of s***t that did come out though. Now the only thing i need to fix is the damn ignition coils..Thanks again Dave B.. great to deal with..

 

which product do you use to clean it?

I'll make this in about 2-3week on mine!!

 

Use air intake cleaner, or throttle body cleaner. You can find one or the other at an auto store. DO NOT use carbuerator cleaner. It will damage your intake manifold.

 

i used STS i think its called, did the job

 

is there a how-to on this somewhere?

 

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/517

good write up for you

 

so all we do is spray the throttle body and wipe?
do we spray inside of it too?

 

Do you mean "STP Throttle Body and Air Intake Cleaner"?

 

how many miles did you have on your car? I didn't notice any difference when I cleaned mine.

 

what is the difference between these two chemicals?

 

When I cleaned my throttle body, I didn't notice a diffrence either. Same deal with that BBK fuel injector cleaner a lot have been raving about. Guess I maintain my car well enough.

 

Same here. BBK stuff didn't make much difference either

 

I used CRC air intake cleaner.. you can pick it up at any pepboys.. I only have 33,000 miles on my car and didnt think it would make such a difference. but a whole lot of black crap came drizzling out of the manifold

 

yeah, thats what it was.

 

I've been told thats its okay to spray throttle body cleaner directly into the TB while the engine is running. Someone else gently revs the engine as short sprays are applied. Since the maf is disconnected the engine runs atrociously. That might not be so bad if it weren't for the accompanying white smoke pouring from the exhaust. I picture all kinds of dissolved filth grinding and scoring its way through the combustion chamber. To be honest, I've tried this once about 20K miles ago and have never noticed any adverse effects.
Recently I was talking cars with a couple of guys who said this was a bad idea and I should never try it again for obvious reasons. I'm going to clean my throttle body again soon and want to see if there is any consensus here as to whether or not this is bad practice. If the method truely is harmless then the benefit in terms of cleaning the entire intake tract all the way to the valve inlets should make it a worthwhile effort. A recent description by klee of black stuff "drizzling" out of the manifold demonstrates how massive and potentially restrictive these deposits must become over time. Its just a question of how abrasive is the dissolved/suspended material and if its passing in such ammounts will cause any significant wear.

 

I bought my car about 12 months ago... would cleaning throttle body make any difference on not so old car? It it won't, then I won't take the risk of cleaning it...

 

I just cleaned mine over the weekend....used K&N air filter cleaner and a tooth brush.....There was a ring of crud baked in around the vavle.....Noticed a good difference in acceleration/throtle response

Also changed my oil, added a can of BG44K and changed my in cabin microfilter...productive weekend-Max is drivin' like new

 

where did you get the BG44K from and how much did it cost? I asked the guys at Autozone if they had it and they gave me a look like I had 3 heads...

 

You can buy BG44K online or your can get it at most car dealers. I bought a can from my local Toyota dealer parts department.....

 

buy it from off ebay or search in google or rather froogle for bg 44k... You can get it for as low as 14.95 a can or check out www.carfood.net... I'm going to get one of the intake cleaning kits they sell...


or

http://store.yahoo.com/wyattarpdodge/bg44kfuelsys.html

or

http://store.yahoo.com/bbjeep2/jeepbgadfuel.html