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what to clean the throttle body with???

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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 11:12 AM
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what to clean the throttle body with???

Ok my throttle body is a little dirty, what should i use to clean it? and how? i dont want any big particles to get sucked into one of my cylinders!!
Old Mar 22, 2003 | 11:31 AM
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Cool

Unbolt the throttle body and un hook the sensors, go buy some Carb Cleaner/ Throttle body cleaner and spray it down until clean

-Shannon
Old Mar 22, 2003 | 11:31 AM
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Go to Autozone and get Throttle Body or Carb cleaner......both do the job. Tale off the black tube that goes from your TB and then just spray the stuff. Have a towel underneath it to catch all the stuff that falls down....Also, have someone there to step on the gas so you can clean the inside.
Old Mar 22, 2003 | 11:40 AM
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seafoam's deep creep.
Old Mar 22, 2003 | 12:34 PM
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Don't use carb cleaner.

Fuel injected throttle bodies have an anti-carbon coating on them, and carb cleaner is caustic to that. Use recommended FUEL INJECTION or THROTTLE BODY cleaner.
Old Mar 22, 2003 | 01:54 PM
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I had good results using Seafoam's Deep Creep.
Old Mar 23, 2003 | 09:26 AM
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ok i went and bought some throttle body cleaner and just sprayed tons down the throttle body while cleaning it with a toothbrush, looks pretty clean now, but i think i flooded my engine cause it took the car like 30seconds to start when i tried starting it.... then when it did start RPM's shot to 2000, after about 10minutes of driving everything went back to normal, now Idle is back to 800.
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