Wondering

[Bickford92mx3]

Hey there im trying to figure out if this is ok i took the tub off that hooks to my intake where the body is at now when i looked in throttle body its black and then i moved the flap by pushing it it sticks and there's a ton of crap on there like like mud almost on the flap what can i do to clean this and get rid of this

[johnmx3ze]

just buy trottle cleaner...and shout it in there

[onlytrueromeo]

This could be an easy problem to fix!

I would suggest buying these things, then installing them after you clean the throttle body!
1) New PCV Valve
2) New spark plugs
3)New Throttle Body Gasket

You will need some Throttle Body cleaner or similar from an autoparts store.

You don't NEED to buy 2 and 3, but I strongly recommend buying the first 1. If you want to clean the throttle body the best, the way to do it is to remove it! It's quite easy. If not, the basic cleaning is kinda the same...

Do you have a 4cyl or V6? If the v6, you will need to depress the VAF on something when you take the intake tube off.

Start the engine and let it warm up. Remove the intake from the throttle body, if you have the v6 rest the VAF on something like I stated above. Now spray the TB cleaner into the throttle body a little at a time. Move the butterfly valve by moving the throttle cable (this will rev the engine quicklly) and spray the cleaner in there as well, a little at a time. You should be able to clean off most of the gunk by doing this, but if you remove the throttle body, you will get it much cleaner.

[Bickford92mx3]

thanks i will do that when i get my new tranny in thats all i waiting on now the only reson i seen it was because i have to tare a lot of that stuff out to get at the auto tranny that im geting rid of if you guys know anyone looking for parts to do with a auto tranny let me know the center peace and the shifter and the tranny will just be siting there im droping in a MX 6 tranny std thanks for your time i will let you guys know how it worked out

[wytbishop]

By "tub" do you mean the air filter housing? If you have dirt and mud in your throttle body, then you will also have dirt and mud in your engine. That's really, really bad.

Please tell me you have something filtering the air going into your intake. Lie to me if you have to.

[fowljesse]

I'm sure it's the EGR, and PCV crap, There's a tiny hole (that you can't see because of all the crap) that comes up from the rear bank head that sucks exhaust gas into the intake, behind the throttle body, and the PCV line that sucks oil into the intake before the TB. I'm making catch cans that will eliminate the junk from the PCV line. If you want to filter it cheaply, there's alot of good ideas on this site.

[Bickford92mx3]

ya i would be and dud i just picked the car up for 400 bones it was a auto but in the works of changing it over to Std and i got the car in the shop at work and started on it then i took the intake off to the throttle body and fak me it was bad but its a project liked i wanted so im new to these cars im old school so this new school s--- is all new to me man but throw all your guys ideas at me i can use it all lol

P.S oh let me know what you want for the can

[fowljesse]

Yeah, it's scary in there. I'm an old school hot rodder, and this is the first computer based car that I've messed with, and I've learned ALOT from this site. Here's a link to my catch can post: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67680" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Congrats on the good deal on the car.

[Bickford92mx3]

thanks man ya i will be puting pics up soon there on my phone im just working on geting everythign to do what i have to do to it ya i would love to get one of the cans from ya but i have to wait and i would have to see pics on here you mount them its a pretty cool idea good luck with it man ya in the new year like jan i will be geting one off ya man thanks agan good luck

[wytbishop]

Punctuate. Please. I'm begging.

[SuperK]

i am going to guess you meant tube by tub on that first post lol because tub doesn't make sense there is a tub in my bathroom but not in my car but i still dont understand what you mean what kinda junk is in the throttle body you said its mud but is it black and sooty and how thick is it like an eighth of an inch or is it clumpy because some of my favorite muds are clumpy you know but why would you put a stick to open the valve cant you just open the throttle and open it why dont you take the throttle body off and clean the throttle body itself you know take it apart because sometimes it needs to be cleaned you know it gets dirty it should be just as important there is a link in the faqs to tell you how to clean the throttle body if you want to do that because you should but you know if you dont want to its ok because i dont own your car and you own your car and its all pretty neat like that we could be friends but i dont know if we could get along but i also wonder if there is gunk you said inside of the throttle body are you talking about the throttle body itself or the intake manifold like all deep inside is that where the gunk is or just on the throttle body because if its inside you might want to get some of that seafoam stuff that they sell at autozone or advanced auto and they have directions on how to use the stuff on the bottle but if you want information you can google seafoam directions its like it cleans the inside of the engine like an xlax bar or something like that maybe it tastes chocolatey to the car i dont know because i am not a car so thats why but yeah you should get that seafoam stuff its neat stuff although its not part of balanced breakfast


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[wytbishop]

See...when you do it it's funny.

[Bickford92mx3]

Need help again i pulled my plugs out from the motor and well there covered in oil and wet smelling like fuel im thinking the motors gone just need some in put on this thanks

[fowljesse]

Again with no punctuation
This is normal. Do a search with "Valve cover leak"
LOTS of info.

[SuperK]

lol if its fuel smelling that means the car isnt burning the fuel obviously so thats why its smelling like fuel because usually something that smells bad is because what smells bad is bad and its also there not somewhere else thats why you smell it like skunk on road lol you can smell it in your town and not in someone elses town because its in your town or in stead its in your engine the fuel is in your engine not in i got burned out of my tailpipe land because its obviously not burned out of your tailpipe because if it was than it wouldnt smell like fuel so you prolly should check your distributor because distributors go bad now and then and its kinda cool i guess if you like going bad distributors also is the engine oil on the tip of the spark plug like on the very tip of the bottom where it goes in the engine or is it on the threads or above the threads of the spark plug and not getting on the tip of the spark plug because if its on the tip of the spark plug than thats bad because you might have a collapsed or bad piston ring and that can be bad because you lose compression in your engine kinda like going flacid in the middle of intercourse its not a good idea and she doesnt like it very much when you do and it causes trouble with your relationship it can also cause trouble in your relationship with your car if your piston ring is bad you know so yeah it could be a sign but if its on the threads or above the threads than the only problem is not very big problem its just the valve cover gasket needs to be changed lol and that can be really cheap to replace if you need to because you can get one on ebay for cheap and replace it and it will stop the oil leaking around the valve cover and that could be the only problem but yeah it depends on where the oil is or where it isnt that will give you a big hint its like where you put your socks and your underwear unless you dont have a sock drawer than that wouldnt be a correct analogy oh my goodness you know what i saw a little snow today it was more like slushy rain or sleet and not really snow you have to understand that snow where i live is like seeing a sad panda its really cool and makes you go awwww until they bite your arm off

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