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I pulled the entire throttle body off the truck and cleaned it that way. I was replacing the gasket to get rid of that stupid d-ring one.. (kept it for a spare, just in case heh)

But yeah you could clean it without removing it from the truck, just a PITA.

 

Just curious. How many miles ? How dirty was it ? Had U cleaned it B 4 ? Did it cause it to run poorly ? Was the O ring leaking ? Should this be done as part of the 30, 60, 90 etc Maintenance ? Curious George Now I'm the PITA not the throttle body.

 

I think there should be a write up on this, cleaning the throttle body...
it ain't an easy thing to do.

where's chris4x4? he would back us up!

 

'Bout 113K on the clock, I have never cleaned it before, bought it used from the dealer. Idle was a tad higher than I liked, plus the TPS on the SG was reading about 14%.. down to 12% after cleaning. Response is better, there was a decent amount of carbon buildup on the throat and plate, toothbrush and some Deep Creep took care of that.

The gasket was not leaking, but it was the stock "D" shaped gasket, I had the one that URD sells for the S/C that is "O" shaped, so I swapped it out. Doubt it will make a huge difference, but I did it anyway.

I would definitely say that it should be part of the maintenance done to the truck, 30K would probably work, unless you're driving the thing in really nasty conditions where it would foul up more often. But I'm not a real mechanic, so.... take my recommendations with a grain of salt. Plus side though, it does look nicer all shiny and shit.

 

mine is warrantied, swap it with mine...lol

 

Did they atleast give you a kiss and cuddle when done??

 

boyd remind me not to follow to close to u if i ever get to go offroading with u. need to make sure u test the waters before me

 

lol there is a quote worth keeping i wish i had room in my signiture to add it

 

Thanks for reply. I PM'd Chris. Maybe we can get a tutorial or a sticky going on this if there isn't already one somewhere.

 

Anyone going to the swap meet at raceway park this weekend.

 

So long as someone else wants to offer up their truck for the work.. I already had mine apart... I don't want to tempt fate twice that close together. hehe

 

Here is the sticky or tutorial http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/4-cylinder/37648-complete-30k-maintenance.html#post612865

 

sup boyd,
I might join this tacoma meet

 

Wohoo my ome dakar leafs showed up...
No more flat,squeaky leaf pack

 

ruining my fun... i'll just turn the radio up higher. It'll be nice to actually have rear suspension

 

My dakars squeak like a bitch so annoying

 

Hey did you get any of the pics from last weekend. You should post some of them. It took me 2 days to get all that mud off. I really need skid plates before i do that again. I bent the shit out of my stock one last week.

 

Guys April 18th military vehicle show and swap meet
Sussex county fairgrounds........ its a sunday
Anyone going to this?


be leaving about 11am anyone

 

Dunno if I can make it. Going to be helping my friend replace the knock sensor in his Chev, then probably go stick it in the mud to make sure it still runs good