deano59 Member 40 Member For: 20y 17d Gender: Male Location: Rowville, Victoria Posted 03/07/06 02:42 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 02:42 AM Hi all, I was hoping someone could give me some tips on the best way to clean the throttle body, the idle is a little rough and I thought this may help, any advice would be apppreciated.ThanksDeano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God666 Complete Bastard Donating Members 1,123 Member For: 21y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/07/06 03:03 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 03:03 AM Pretty easy to clean it with a piece of cloth on the end of your finger and wrapped around a screwdriver. I have found that the buildup is fairly greasy and is easliy removed. If it is a bit tougher, you can buy spray cans of throttle body cleaner which I would not spray directly in, but onto a rag. It is a degreaser of sorts and I don't like the idea of that washing the oil film from my cylinders.It only takes five minutes to pull the plumbing off to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat-Tony Member 5,364 Member For: 18y 10m 29d Posted 03/07/06 03:12 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 03:12 AM does that cleaner not harm any sensors in the throttle body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooka THE Member Donating Members 1,210 Member For: 19y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/07/06 03:25 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 03:25 AM does that cleaner not harm any sensors in the throttle body?←As God said, it is very corosive so I would put it on a bit of rag to use it. But in saying that it is designed to be sprayed into throttle bodies and carbies so it should not damage them.Chooka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napalm Member 25 Member For: 20y 3m 11d Posted 03/07/06 06:11 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 06:11 AM Hey guys, in cleaning the throtle body what bits do you need to remove. I don't want to get too carried away and have half the car on the garage floor. If you have a photot of the engine bay and indicate that would help heaps.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooka THE Member Donating Members 1,210 Member For: 19y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/07/06 06:44 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 06:44 AM Hey guys, in cleaning the throtle body what bits do you need to remove. I don't want to get too carried away and have half the car on the garage floor. If you have a photot of the engine bay and indicate that would help heaps.Regards←Just need to pull the plastic intake on top of the engine and you will see a butterfly valve, that's the throttle body Chooka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God666 Complete Bastard Donating Members 1,123 Member For: 21y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/07/06 07:15 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 07:15 AM Just need to pull the plastic intake on top of the engine and you will see a butterfly valve, that's the throttle body ←Ummm.... mine is cast aluminium! Are we talking about the same bit? The black thingy with flaking paint and turbo cast into it..... yep, that thingy. The intake crossover pipework. Three nuts and a couple of hose clamps to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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