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Corrado1441

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Throttle body cleaning
« on: 04 June 2012, 22:27:46 »

What would you recommend to soak the throttle bodies in to break up a lot of built up dirt ?

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Re: Throttle body cleaning
« Reply #1 on: 04 June 2012, 22:34:13 »

carb cleaner usually does the trick for the internal parts:y
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oh well that's another day done

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Re: Throttle body cleaning
« Reply #2 on: 04 June 2012, 22:47:53 »

soaking in parrafin can shift the less stubborn crud.Then blast with carb cleaner and scub with toothbrush to shift the rest. :y
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Re: Throttle body cleaning
« Reply #3 on: 04 June 2012, 23:06:18 »

It's really good fun  :P
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Re: Throttle body cleaning
« Reply #4 on: 04 June 2012, 23:19:10 »

i used carb cleaner and windscreen primer buds :y
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Re: Throttle body cleaning
« Reply #5 on: 06 June 2012, 21:00:35 »

Cool, that's the next job for July after holidays
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