Why you, yes YOU, need to clean your throttle body
#12
08-29-2015, 09:09 PM
It's been on my to-do list now that I have places I can easily get the material. I haven't read all 18 pages today, but I remember that there was a cable from Wal-Mart that worked perfectly. I think it was for a riding lawnmower, maybe? Do you recall? I'll read through that thread again later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for linking it.
#13
08-30-2015, 06:00 AM
Why you, yes YOU, need to clean your throttle body
Yeah I think it's the negative cable for riding mower. But it's overkill. A length of 10 or 12 gauge laying around is plenty thick enough to ground the throttle body housing. I just used the thick cable cause I had a couple laying around for connecting 12 volt batteries for 24v trolling motors from my bass tournament days...
#14
08-30-2015, 11:10 AM
I used 3 strands of solid copper ground wire with gold plated connectors. It doesn't matter too much.
#15
08-30-2015, 11:55 AM
It's been on my to-do list now that I have places I can easily get the material. I haven't read all 18 pages today, but I remember that there was a cable from Wal-Mart that worked perfectly. I think it was for a riding lawnmower, maybe? Do you recall? I'll read through that thread again later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for linking it.
#16
08-30-2015, 03:41 PM
Ouch. That hurt. :P You are not incorrect, though. I am shamed...
Three years ago I was in Germany, hard to find anything on the economy, and very DIY-hesitant. I went through the thread last night, as well. I recall that whole time period, now, and the sometimes-heated debate over whether it actually made a difference, or not. I was looking for a part number to order the cable from Wally online, as we didn't have any over there.
Now, I am like a child looking to take things apart and put them back together again. I think it just took one or two successful projects to boost the confidence, as well as a buttload of searching and learning here and over at different Jeep forums (owning, wheeling, breaking, and fixing a Jeep a lot probably had a lot to do with this). I've got this on my automotive shopping list I keep in the center console, so next time I'm out I'll grab something that works and give it a shot, rather than just thinking about it.
Three years ago I was in Germany, hard to find anything on the economy, and very DIY-hesitant. I went through the thread last night, as well. I recall that whole time period, now, and the sometimes-heated debate over whether it actually made a difference, or not. I was looking for a part number to order the cable from Wally online, as we didn't have any over there.
Now, I am like a child looking to take things apart and put them back together again. I think it just took one or two successful projects to boost the confidence, as well as a buttload of searching and learning here and over at different Jeep forums (owning, wheeling, breaking, and fixing a Jeep a lot probably had a lot to do with this). I've got this on my automotive shopping list I keep in the center console, so next time I'm out I'll grab something that works and give it a shot, rather than just thinking about it.
#17
08-31-2015, 10:09 PM
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 22
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
#18
11-10-2015, 10:41 PM
#19
11-11-2015, 09:32 AM
Use Throttle Body cleaner. Think about it -- the product is specifically made for cleaning the throttle body, plus the label includes verbiage that explains how throttle bodies have a special coating that more harsh cleaners will strip away. Brake cleaner is some nasty stuff made to clean serious gunk off of steel parts. How it can be considered "safer" defies logic.
That's like saying premium unleaded will run cleaner in a diesel engine.
#20
11-11-2015, 12:25 PM
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 470
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
