Thread: 3800 V6 hot start issue

Try taking the throttle body off and cleaning it. Get rid of all that carbon build up.

You know I heard that elsewhere. I also heard something about cleaning the MAP sensor.

I guess it won't hurt. The car is driven in town most of the time, so there's likely plenty to clean off.

It would be a first for me if a simple solution as cleaning turns out to be the remedy to one of my car problems.

Thanks.

I misinterpreted something in my last post. I think the Mass Air Flow sensor can be cleaned, not the MAP sensor.

I will try to clean the throttle plate. The car has SFI instead of a TBI unit, but I think there's a throttle plate on the air plenum that can be cleaned.

I'll have to look further.