Author Topic: going to clean the throttle body...quick question though!  (Read 985 times)

Offline gtiscott

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as the title guys i have read up on the cleaning part, just wondering..when i disconect the battery is this going to f@~k up my alarm(autowatch) as i only have the fob thing and not a master key(if there is one) or anything.

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Scott

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Re: going to clean the throttle body...quick question though!
« Reply #1 on: 31 October 2009, 11:45 »
why do you need to disconnect battery? Not needed for cleaning the throttle body, but I would have thought if you disconnected then there would be no problems as the fob is paired up with the control unit.

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Re: going to clean the throttle body...quick question though!
« Reply #2 on: 31 October 2009, 11:53 »
thought when you done this you had to reset ecu or something by disconecting battery for a while? even better if i am wrong then :smiley:

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Re: going to clean the throttle body...quick question though!
« Reply #3 on: 31 October 2009, 11:54 »
nope, don't have to. Just toothbrush and carb cleaner  :smiley:

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Re: going to clean the throttle body...quick question though!
« Reply #4 on: 31 October 2009, 11:57 »
cheers mate