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Dirty Throttle Body

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rude_life

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You know i took my intake stuff off up to the TB today and looked inside...That thing is got a hell of a lot of build up inside of it..How bad is that for my car and how it performs?
 

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Hmm... Help?
 

HISSIN50

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It is mostly a dirty mess. Oil will cause detonation if severe.

It sounds like you have some blowby. A catchcan or air/oil separator might help out. Andy had a real good thread (3 pages) very recently.

Good luck.
 
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rude_life said:
You know i took my intake stuff off up to the TB today and looked inside...That thing is got a hell of a lot of build up inside of it..How bad is that for my car and how it performs?
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if buildup is too bad it can cause the throttle blade to not seat fully causing an extra unmetered idle bleed. this is usually not to common on cable actuated t/b's, but wreaks havoc on throttle by wire systems.
 

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every car I buy, I clean the back side of a TB. It makes it run massively better! I cleaned the blade and tubes, idle whole, etc. It makes serious improvement. I won't tell you what chemical to use to clean it because I will get yelled at, but don't use carb cleaner.........and a soft nylon tooth brush.
 

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Also, if the PCV valve,screen, etc is clogged, then the crankcase tries to utilize the oil filler-to-inlet hose as a means to vent vapors. This results in a quickly dirty (oil filled) TB.
 
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