Cleaning Throttle bodies

[RichardMurkin]

Hey guys is there some kind of link on how to clean the throttle bodies on my 16v gti?

Pictures would be a big help, im quit confident at doing stuff to the engine aslong as ive seen before what needs doing so i dont break or disconnect something i shouldnt of lol

Cheers Rich

 

[crezz]

i take it you know where its located too?

get some carb cleaner/brake cleaner or similar and a cloth

locate throttle bodie, find where accelarator cable meets, here you should be able to open the butterfly valve manually by pushing the cable down.

spray in cleaner, and use the cloth to wipe off as much as you can, beyond the valve to, be carefull not to let your finger get trapped,

you can also blast some down through when engine is running but id prefer not to.

usually after initial fire up, youd have a little white smoke, soon burn off

 

[samc]

take the pipe that goes onto the throttle body from the airbox off first

 

[crezz]

yep that too! haha

 

[orangemuffin]

i take it you know where its located too?

get some carb cleaner/brake cleaner or similar and a cloth

locate throttle bodie, find where accelarator cable meets, here you should be able to open the butterfly valve manually by pushing the cable down.

spray in cleaner, and use the cloth to wipe off as much as you can, beyond the valve to, be carefull not to let your finger get trapped,

you can also blast some down through when engine is running but id prefer not to.

usually after initial fire up, youd have a little white smoke, soon burn off

what she said....