Is it easy to clean the throttle (the butterfly valve) ourselves?

[NewRacer]

Is it easy to clean the throttle (the butterfly valve) ourselves? Mine is a 2000 GEN4 Camry V6. On my old Jetta, all I need is unscrew some screws, very easy.

[toyomoho]

Pull off air cleaner hose to get access to the front.

The body is held on by 4 bolts (or two bolts and two nuts). You will need to remove the throttle and accelerator cables plus a few small hoses, wire plugs, etc.

[Mike Gerber]

It is fairly easy and it can be done with the throttle body still on the car. There is a link somewhere on this site with good instructions and pictures. Do a search for "throttle body cleaning".

Mike

[Blackhawk3D]

If it isn't too bad, just get some throttle body cleaner, take off your air hose and spray it all in there, actuate the butterfly by hand to get both sides.

[NewRacer]

Wow, that was easy!! I just cleaned it. Much easier than my old jetta.

[djmadfx]

Any results? How is your car now? I was thinking about cleaning mine as well. What did you use to clean it?

[RningOnFumes]

Sea Foam!!! and a toothbrush!


fixed my idle problem back when I did it.

[camryelaine]

Originally Posted by RningOnFumes

Sea Foam!!! and a toothbrush!


fixed my idle problem back when I did it.

Damn, I'm keep hearing good thing for seafoam but I can't find any of it in the auto stores near me. Any suggestion on where to get seafoam? online maybe?

[RningOnFumes]

Here's their site:
http://www.seafoamsales.com/buy.htm

And this is the info from that page:

Where to Buy SEA FOAM


Sea Foam is not sold online, but we would be happy to help you locate your nearest dealer. Please email us your address at customerservice@seafoamsales.com.

SEA FOAM can be found in many of the following auto parts stores:

ABC Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts
Auto Value
Bumper to Bumper
CARQUEST Auto Parts
Midway Auto Supply
NAPA Auto Parts
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Parts Plus
PEPBOYS Auto
Pronto Auto Parts


Many independent auto parts stores also carry SEA FOAM products. Please contact your local auto parts store to see if they carry SEA FOAM products

[skewe]

Originally Posted by camryelaine

Damn, I'm keep hearing good thing for seafoam but I can't find any of it in the auto stores near me. Any suggestion on where to get seafoam? online maybe?

autozone has it for sure
o'reiley auto has it too

cheaper at autozone