cleaned throttle body..big difference!

[josueh95]

so today i decided to look into the throttle body and it was filthy soo i decided to clean it..i removed it so i could clean it well. what a difference it made. idles much smoother and the accelerator feels much better. as soon as i hit the gas a bit it instantly reacts, which before it would feel like it lagged when i pressed the gas. i heard it will also increase mpg a bit..i recomend this for anybody i am extremely happy with the results with such an easy thing to do

 

[tx01tahoe]

I will do it this weekend. I want to do that and run some sea foam through the motor

 

[Rivieraracing]

Thanks for the reminder, I'm a bit passed due on it as well as seafoaming the intake and cleaning the MAF (I always do all 3 at the same time)!

 

[JennaBear]

That and the MAF cleaning, always good to stay on top of it!

 

[Danzigman]

What is the proper way to clean a MAF?

 

[JennaBear]

Follow the instructions on the back and be careful not to touch the screen with your bare hands it is delicate.

 

[josueh95]

okay soo mass air flow sensor is next to clean, i dnt think my throttle body had ever been cleaned it had alot of build up in there and being a 2000 dats a loong time. i also heard cleaning the Idle Air Control valve is a good idea to do?

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also is there any way i can clean the air intake manifold? it also had alot of buildup all around but i did not want to mess with it before making sure?

 

[DaUsedMCR]

For the MAF cleaner, you're supposed to remove the MAF, spray the CRC on there and then let it air dry. i have the K&N intake, so i just remove the tube and filter and spray the MAF and then let it dry for like 1/2 hour while i clean the TB. not sure about other intakes, but i dont have to remove mine. I'm probably due for a cleaning too pretty soon

 

[Big Buttons]

I just sprayed the intake manifold with TB cleaner while I had my TB off. Then just use the air blower to let fluid dry and mine started right up with no probs.

 

[Danzigman]

Cleaned both today while working on new plugs. What is the best way to use seafoam?

 

[Pachanga02]

X2 on best way to seafoam. I've had the can but never done it.

 

[DaUsedMCR]

We just did my brother in law's S10, and its the same way for the tahoe. heres what we did, we got 2 cans of seafoam and filled the tank. once parked, we used about 1/2 of one can in the vacuum line

he held down the accelerator to about 1500 rpm for a minute or so while i let the vacuum line sip off the seafoam. you dont want to let it have too much or itll stall out. after a minute, the car seemed to keep itself at around 2k rpms. when 1/2 of the can was gone, kill the engine by shutting it off with the key while still letting it sip the seafoam. careful cuz the vacuum will stop and some seafoam will spray out at you. then we poured the whole other can into the gas tank. then we let it sit for 2 hours so the seafoam can soak into the buildup (i've read online about doing it between 20 mins and 2 hours, but we had nothing else to do). then we just started up the truck, there wasnt too much smoke so it must have not been too dirty, and we drove around gunning it for like 20 mins. i asked him a couple days later how it was running and he said it's a lot smoother and his check engine light doesnt come on when he floors it.