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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 08:55 AM
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Hi I am haveing the lightning bolt come on alot and truck feels like it shutting down durring this. It all started with the cold weather down here in florida. but its been getting worse.
is it time to start shoping for a new throttle body? or just maybe get it cleaned out good.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by speeddemon145
Hi I am haveing the lightning bolt come on alot and truck feels like it shutting down durring this. It all started with the cold weather down here in florida. but its been getting worse.
is it time to start shoping for a new throttle body? or just maybe get it cleaned out good.
clean it out, might be sticking. when i had that it was the MAF sensor going bad.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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Take it off and give it a good cleaning front and back. Just be careful of moving the butterfly too much when you clean it. These tb's don't like having their butterflies forced open during cleaining.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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just make sure you are careful with the tps when cleaning or just go ahead and buy another one
 
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