I apoligize, but need ideas
05-09-2006, 09:36 AM
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I apoligize, but need ideas
I tried to search, but obviously am not too good at it. Anyway. My throttle body started sticking on me. I had planned to just pull it and clean it with carb cleaner, is there something better to use, or a reason not to do it this way? Thanks
05-09-2006, 09:40 AM
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I didnt pull mine..
i just used carb cleaner and some of those long q tips. Kinda like what the doctor uses. That wasnt too bad. Carb cleaner will evap, so it shouldnt hurt anything.
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05-09-2006, 10:18 AM
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carefull with the carb cleaner....don't start up right a way, like virgils4.8 said let it evaporate. I don't think it will hurt anything but I did it to my beretta and it couldn't breath when I tried to start it right away but after it evaporated it was fine. You got an EGR tube behind your TB don't you White1?
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If the carb cleaner doesn't work for you, give me a PM. The regular throttle bodies (I.E. not DBW ones) are super easy to disassemble and clean... and while it's apart, you can port it for some free HP. 
I can give you the tips/tracks to get it apart and back together without breaking anything.
Even some stock throttle bodies stick more than I would like, even with no miles on them. I tend to clean up the throttle blade with a medium grit scotch brite type pad, then polish them to a mirror finish to keep the EGR/oil from building up on the throttle blade itself. I don't like sticky throttles... I've had one throttle stick open on me in all of my years of driving and building hotrods (carb though, not a throttle body) and it wasn't a fun experience... Let's just say that a children's church group was standing near a brick building pizza joint, and I stopped just inches from smacking a few of them into the wall... You'd never think a young church group leader would know how to cuss like that...
I can give you the tips/tracks to get it apart and back together without breaking anything. Even some stock throttle bodies stick more than I would like, even with no miles on them. I tend to clean up the throttle blade with a medium grit scotch brite type pad, then polish them to a mirror finish to keep the EGR/oil from building up on the throttle blade itself. I don't like sticky throttles... I've had one throttle stick open on me in all of my years of driving and building hotrods (carb though, not a throttle body) and it wasn't a fun experience... Let's just say that a children's church group was standing near a brick building pizza joint, and I stopped just inches from smacking a few of them into the wall... You'd never think a young church group leader would know how to cuss like that...
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Originally Posted by SS_bnoon_SS
If the carb cleaner doesn't work for you, give me a PM. The regular throttle bodies (I.E. not DBW ones) are super easy to disassemble and clean... and while it's apart, you can port it for some free HP. I can give you the tips/tracks to get it apart and back together without breaking anything.
Even some stock throttle bodies stick more than I would like, even with no miles on them. I tend to clean up the throttle blade with a medium grit scotch brite type pad, then polish them to a mirror finish to keep the EGR/oil from building up on the throttle blade itself. I don't like sticky throttles... I've had one throttle stick open on me in all of my years of driving and building hotrods (carb though, not a throttle body) and it wasn't a fun experience... Let's just say that a children's church group was standing near a brick building pizza joint, and I stopped just inches from smacking a few of them into the wall... You'd never think a young church group leader would know how to cuss like that...
I can give you the tips/tracks to get it apart and back together without breaking anything. Even some stock throttle bodies stick more than I would like, even with no miles on them. I tend to clean up the throttle blade with a medium grit scotch brite type pad, then polish them to a mirror finish to keep the EGR/oil from building up on the throttle blade itself. I don't like sticky throttles... I've had one throttle stick open on me in all of my years of driving and building hotrods (carb though, not a throttle body) and it wasn't a fun experience... Let's just say that a children's church group was standing near a brick building pizza joint, and I stopped just inches from smacking a few of them into the wall... You'd never think a young church group leader would know how to cuss like that...
Ive got that taken care of. I guess I could take it apart I was just thinking Id take it off spray it off then put it back on. But I guess doing it the right way (dis assembleing) it would be better.
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It is just 3 nuts holding the throttle body on and a few electrical plugs and the the throttle cable. Takes me less than 5 minutes to take the entire assembly off. The gasket is reuseable and remains in the intake.
I would not use carb cleaner on a throttle body though. Most of throttle bodies have a coating on the throttle blade to help with cleaning and carbon buildup. The carb cleaner can remove this coating. I personally use 3m throttle body cleaner from oreilly's.
Take it off and clean it right. I do mine about once a year. I usually use a toothbrush in combination with the throttle body cleaner. Always comes out nice and purdy!
I would not use carb cleaner on a throttle body though. Most of throttle bodies have a coating on the throttle blade to help with cleaning and carbon buildup. The carb cleaner can remove this coating. I personally use 3m throttle body cleaner from oreilly's.
Take it off and clean it right. I do mine about once a year. I usually use a toothbrush in combination with the throttle body cleaner. Always comes out nice and purdy!