Shane'* taking the throttle body off tonight to clean it out, and he wants to know if there is a gasket between the throttle body and the intake. And if so is it reusable, or does it just need to be replaced? Oh and any throttle body advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks ya'all.

Don't touch the MAF senor! Thats all I know. LOL

Yes, there is a rubber gasket seal b/w the throttle body and the upper intake. I recently cleaned my throttle body, careful to not get any cleaner on the MAF!!!! The seal can be purchased at a dealer or at Napa, etc. for around $10. Depending on how old your car is, you may or may not need to replace it. However, my approach was, since I had the entire top of the engine apart, I replaced any and all seals and gaskets at once. Hopefully, that will save labor in the future. Good Luck..... :P

Hey! Shane just took off the air cleaner assembly...everything up to and including the screen on the throttle body in the car. he wants to know if it'* okay to start and run the car to run some carb cleaner in.

I wouldn't do that. Getting anything on the MAF sensor can be scary.

Woo-hoo!!! The car'* fixed!! Yippee!!!! *confetti falling from ceiling*

Hey, gimme some credit for the help here. i was on email with her!

Yes sweetie, you were a huge help through email. Thank you!! Couldn't have done it without you *bow, scrape* Was that enough credit for you??

Just barely Guess what I'm doing now? Working on my Mom'* car. A buick LeSabre with the L27. She got some bad gas, methinks, but the same symptoms as yours. Her fuel filter was full of crap, too.

My dad is the only one in my family with bad gas...not my mother. Strange family you have will.

hahah! Ok that was pretty lame....sorry.