Throttle body cleaner...

MX-3 Money · Post by **MX-3 Money** » August 22nd, 2005, 1:39 pm

Is there such a thing, I thought I saw it at Canadian Tire once but didn't see it today. Now I saw carburetor cleaner but I thought I heard that its to harsh for TB's? Maybe not?

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » August 22nd, 2005, 6:31 pm

They do sell it, maybe all out now.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » August 23rd, 2005, 2:49 am

It works well too, but careful the car will run like crap for a bit. Don't get scared it will go away after a day at most.

m92_MX3 · Post by **m92_MX3** » August 24th, 2005, 6:40 pm

yeah i used the TB cleaner on mine and after driveing for a little bit the car was acting normal and didnt have sticky s--- in the intake

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » August 28th, 2005, 2:12 am

I completely took the whole im off and sprayed it with carb cleaner..left it clean to the metal except nthe areas that are hard to get to (v6) There was a littloe piple that 9i sprayed a couple of secs and alot of black stuff came out. Also i installed an oil catch can just in case.. so now that I did my swap I noticed the engines valves are CLEAN..

to bad the engines fate is to sit there and do nothing until my engine dies... or i sell it.

snellgrove · Post by **snellgrove** » August 29th, 2005, 5:22 pm

does this make a noticable power increase though?

is it actually worth getting all the crap out of there?

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » August 29th, 2005, 7:30 pm

yeah it really is o.0 i mean besides it should be clean.. to burn fuel more efficiently. You will notice more mpg. Also clean valves are a beautifull thing! Make sure you clean the passage where the pvc valve goes trough and well everything. If you spray it with carb cleaner it will leave it as a metal finish and well look new. Takes around 1 hr to 1.5 hrs . Its quite simple to remove im and reinstert.