throttle body cleaning

[ilovecorollale]

I need help on cleaning the throttle body....i hacve read some that u dont need to actually remove the tb but only unscrew and 10mm or so and take off a black circle tubing thing...i forgot but when i looked into mine tb, it was really dirty...i mean i can see it is dark dusty and a little greasy or so???weird?
any help......now?

[fishexpo101]

That is correct - you don't have to pull the throttle body off the car to clean it. Just removing the plastic/rubber piping off the throttle body would be enough to expose the throttle plate inside.

All you need is an old toothbrush or rag, throttle body cleaner (make sure it says sensor safe), and a larger rag or towel to catch/protect other surfaces from the solvent. Make sure you get behind the throttle plate as well - gets really nasty back there (just rotate the cam on the TB that actuates the plate).

When you are done - a good idea to reset the ECM to adjust its maps for a clean throttle body. You don't have to do this, as the system will adjust on its own - just seems to adjust faster if you reset it.

[ilovecorollale]

Ohhh really....i was planning on taking the tb out and clean it, but is taking the tb out hard or easy to do?(jus wondering) and i have a maf sensor not a map....thanks though.