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Alex Dermedgoglou
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wa
uzz32

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 11:57 am, by:  Alex Dermedgoglou (Soarer32) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi All,
have had the car for nearly 3 years and i think it is probably time to clean the throttle body.Car has done 30k since then

As a general rule how often to you guys clean the TB?

Any tips/tricks?

thanks and have a great 2006
Dragan Vidic
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Vic
soarer tt

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 12:04 pm, by:  Dragan Vidic (Soarer_ttt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

never herd of that one
Jose-Antonio Castillo
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NSW
Black/Black 2.5GT-L VVTi

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 12:10 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gee... 3 years and only 30000kms on the clock... you need to drive that thing more often!!!
Dean Brauer
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victoria
94 tt

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 05:30 pm, by:  Dean Brauer (Bozdog) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey im a mechanic, and its best to do it everytime you get bored, as carbon builds up around butterfly and will cause a rough idle and/or for the car to run rough, you can goto bursons or whatever and get cans of carby clean and all you pretty much have to do is spray it at the butterfly while keeping the revs up and it flushes all the carbon out of the butterfly/throttle body mating surface...
Anish Varsani
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V8 UZZ30

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 05:38 pm, by:  Anish Varsani (Yomama) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

While your at it, clean the PCV valve. You'd be supprised how much crud comes out of it.

All you have to do is remove the valve, plug one end with your finger, fill it with carby cleaner and shake it. Empty out the dirty fluid and keep doing it until the fluid comes out clean.

Once you've cleaned the throttle body and PCV valve, you can get an assistance to hold the engine at around 2500rpm, remove one of the small vacuum hoses on the front of the manafold and spray the rest of the can into there. This is generally easier than trying to spray into the throttle body and have the engine konk out all the time.
Alex Dermedgoglou
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uzz32

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Friday, December 30, 2005 - 07:54 pm, by:  Alex Dermedgoglou (Soarer32) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks all for the tips. I dont fancy having to dismantle the TB like I have to do on my car.

30k because its my wifes car. I get to drive it when i'm good or she hears noises. I also get to drive it when i service it, like this weekend when i get to change to oil

As for my car, its the v6 version of what peter 'planet soarer' scott used to drive before he saw the light. yep a bloody * driver.

cheers
Dean Brauer
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victoria
94 tt

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Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 09:39 pm, by:  Dean Brauer (Bozdog) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

anytime alex... its an easy job once you have the can, as anish suggested, reveal the opening to the throttle body and get some one to keep the revs up while spraying the can directly into the throttle body, you have to keep the revs up due to overfueling and the car will stall, but beware of backfiring, it can happen and i have seen it happen, its nasty! once the throttle body is visually clean, get a rag and spray the carby clean onto the rag and rid the butterfly of excess carbon that wasnt removed from the spray alone...
Anish Varsani
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V8 UZZ30

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 09:49 pm, by:  Anish Varsani (Yomama) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cleaned mine last weekend after filling up the tank. Filled up again tonight and have gone from 7.13km/l to 8.20km/l after spraying carb cleaner through as well as tapping the dust and leaves out of the air cleaner.

That's the same economy I was getting in winter on 65km each way highway runs 6 days a week with no AC!

Looks like I could have avoided spending $70 on a new filter. Suppose I have a brand new spare now.

Just hope the good run lasts a while.
Jack Chiu
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NSW
Soarer VVT-i Turbo, Manual

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Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 02:27 pm, by:  Jack Chiu (Wilbyz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I get mine cleaned everytime the Car gets serviced (around a 3 month interval).
Marius Hainal
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Victoria
TT manual

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Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 11:05 am, by:  Marius Hainal (Torque) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Do this :

Put a rug in front of the plenum after you take the duct from the intercooler . Or hold it still with your hand .

Then spray inside with the butterfly kept open as much as you can , preferably untill it comes out clean ( it might take you a whole can for that ).
Then after all gunk is out , leave it for a few minutes to dry out , and start the engine . Then do what they say , slowly reving the engine and spraying ( the second can ) the carby cleaner inside.

It will come out cleaner than if you'd take it with a file.

cheers
Nathan Triplett
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WA
V8 of coarse

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Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:32 am, by:  Nathan Triplett (Taf) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is it hard to remove the actual throttle body, to give it a good clean out

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