Throttle Body Cleaning, And How Often?

[Jengland]

hey guys,

 

I herd your suppost to clean the throttle body every 25,000Kms?

 

Never have cleaned it yet, going to today but was wondering if anyone has done it?

 

Pretty easy to get off?

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

[r1byker]

Really? I have 80,000 miles on my 'Burb and have never done it.

[peteking]

I'm not sure about how often it should be done. I cleaned my TB with a can of Deep Creep and an old toothbrush at 40,000 miles. My carbon build-up wasn't really that bad at all. It came off pretty easily. I probably could have let it go for another year....

[Harvey Halabookie]

I spray it with throttle body cleaner and wipe it down with a clean rag whenever I clean my K&N Filter. I also hit the MAF with MAF sensor cleaner at the same time.

[Ryan00TJ]

I'll clean the throttle plate and bore every time I change the oil. Usually once per year with the low miles I have on this truck. Don't really tell any difference on the GMC but with my Jeep TJ, it's very noticeable. Jeep's IAC inlet seems to get carboned very easily.

[Eddie 70]

Never thought much about this before. Just spray the throttle body with the Deep Creep and scrub with a toothbrush? Are you wiping up the mess it leaves behind? Are you pulling the throttle body off the intake to do this? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Willshire]

I leave the TB on and spray TB or brake cleaner open the throttle, toothbrush it, then rinse it out with more TB cleaner. Stuff evaporates quick. Then I start it up spray some in to clean the deeper parts and some of the shite off the intake. My mechanic uses water and a hose to a tb vacuum point to clean the valves. Blows a little steam out the tail pipe but it works. Start it up and dip the hose in the water for a second every few seconds.

[dewfpo]

I've never heard of a manufacturer's spec for cleaning a throttle body or a MAF for that matter.

 

DEWFPO

[bossier62guy]

I spray it with throttle body cleaner and wipe it down with a clean rag whenever I clean my K&N Filter. I also hit the MAF with MAF sensor cleaner at the same time.

 

+1....most of the time it's not that dirty but it gets done anyway.

[Jengland]

Yeah my buddy does it on his colorado often, just for preventing to much build up. Just thought it was a good idea when he told me. No one really thinks of it.

[peteking]

Never thought much about this before. Just spray the throttle body with the Deep Creep and scrub with a toothbrush? Are you wiping up the mess it leaves behind? Are you pulling the throttle body off the intake to do this? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

 

Yeah I did keep a towel on-hand to wipe up whatever crap came loose during my scrub job. Should have mentioned that. And yes I detached the TB from the engine & intake when I did this. It made the job a lot easier on my back!

[RyanbabZ71]

I cleaned my GMT-800 yearly

[C. Charles Hahn]

I usually hit the TB, MAF, and K&N every 10K miles. I just leave the TB on the manifold because it never gets dirty enough to pull off.

[clemsonblozz]

I clean mine when my throttle starts to get a little "sticky"(my truck is a drive by cable)..

 

If you have a drive by wire, I guess you might wanna do it routinely.

[bossier62guy]

I clean mine when my throttle starts to get a little "sticky"(my truck is a drive by cable)..

 

If you have a drive by wire, I guess you might wanna do it routinely.

 

If you accomplish TSB 02-06-04-054B on that 01 you won't have to worry about that sticky throttle anymore....