Thanksgiving holiday maintenance, My TB Shines!
11-25-2005, 07:51 PM
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Thanksgiving holiday maintenance, My TB Shines!
Throttle body - Cruddy!!
Throttle body - Sparkling clean!!
Upper Intake - Really really cruddy!!
Upper Intake - Not perfect but much cleaner.
Does anyone see any problem areas around the EGR pipe? This is the first one I've worked on so I don't have anything to compare it to. I didn't notice any obvious cracks or breaks but, man, it had a bunch of oily tar behind the EGR pipe when I first removed TB. Looked like something you would scrape off the bottom of a crude oil tank!
Cleaned the MAF wires and removed and cleaned IAC plug. Should be good for another 150,000.
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11-25-2005, 08:35 PM
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Wow, what a great job you did there Tumbleweed! 
That TB is sparkling clean, remarkable. The egr stove pipe looks okay from what I can see in the pic. As long as you're not losing coolant, you're good.
That TB is sparkling clean, remarkable. The egr stove pipe looks okay from what I can see in the pic. As long as you're not losing coolant, you're good.
11-25-2005, 10:14 PM
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I believe it was STP throttle body cleaner. Got it straight off the shelf at Auto Zone. I'll take a look at the can when I go back to the shop tomorrow just to be sure. I was amazed at how well that stuff cuts through the crud!
(20 minutes later he remembers to check receipt........)
Yes, it was STP Throttle Body Cleaner from Auto Zone. $2.99
Thanks Mark,
I hope the UIM will hold up for a while longer. That really is a terrible design when you look how that EGR tube puts massive amounts of heat right through that plastic. Some engineer needs his....
(20 minutes later he remembers to check receipt........)
Yes, it was STP Throttle Body Cleaner from Auto Zone. $2.99
Thanks Mark,
I hope the UIM will hold up for a while longer. That really is a terrible design when you look how that EGR tube puts massive amounts of heat right through that plastic. Some engineer needs his....
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