Thread: How to clean your throttle body.

Originally Posted by coolone

Interestingly, I just installed my open cone and figured to clean the TB while I was at it and to my amazement when I removed the screen for a peek at it, it was shiny clean! Now imagine my bewilderment! Is the gunked up TB only happening to those with the cones? Or is it possible the previous owner replaced it? Could it be shiny new like after 86k miles?

Lol... Confused but happy!

im sure if you were to flip open the butterfly and rub your finger on the back side of it, and look past it, it will be dirty. surprisingly dirty.

mine was nice and clean on the outside too, flip it open, spray some carb cleaner in there. remove the maf if its in the tb, never spray anything on a maf but maf cleaner. ( or you'll kill the maf) then get your old tooth brush and scrub around, it will come out black as night.

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

mine was nice and clean on the outside too, flip it open, spray some carb cleaner in there. remove the maf if its in the tb, never spray anything on a maf but maf cleaner. ( or you'll kill the maf) then get your old tooth brush and scrub around, it will come out black as night.

i respectfully disagree with the maf cleaner. i have used electrical contact cleaner multiple times for the MAF. no big deal though.

electrical contact cleaner is NOT carb and choke cleaner. better to be safe than sorry, a new maf aint cheep. thats why they sell maf cleaner.