Throttle body cleaning.

[jocarl11]

Thats good news! Gonna get straight on it tomorrow then  Hope i notice a difference on the pedal.

[stainesy]

sorry to hijack the thread but im thinking of cleaning my tb and have never done it before.
how do i go about it and what do i take off and so on. basicly what do i do?
any pics would be a great help.

[FlySpeck]

as long as you dont take the tps off the tb

[Deano2711]

sorry to hijack the thread but im thinking of cleaning my tb and have never done it before.
how do i go about it and what do i take off and so on. basicly what do i do?
any pics would be a great help.

Fairly easy Mate....remove the speedo cable, then remove the two air pipes from the top of the throttle body unit. Undo the four allen key bolts that hold the throttle body in place. Then when you can move the throttle body you will find there are two pipes under the throttle body still connected. One of these has water in so be careful when disconnecting these. Then the throttle body is off the car. Clean all the inside thoroughly with either carb cleaner or wd40m and an old toothbrush. Then reconnect the two pipes at bottom, replace throttle body and secure with the four allen key bolts, replace the two air pipes at top and replace the speedo cable and all done. Should take about 2 hours total.  Good Luck      Deano

[stainesy]

sorry to hijack the thread but im thinking of cleaning my tb and have never done it before.
how do i go about it and what do i take off and so on. basicly what do i do?
any pics would be a great help.

Fairly easy Mate....remove the speedo cable, then remove the two air pipes from the top of the throttle body unit. Undo the four allen key bolts that hold the throttle body in place. Then when you can move the throttle body you will find there are two pipes under the throttle body still connected. One of these has water in so be careful when disconnecting these. Then the throttle body is off the car. Clean all the inside thoroughly with either carb cleaner or wd40m and an old toothbrush. Then reconnect the two pipes at bottom, replace throttle body and secure with the four allen key bolts, replace the two air pipes at top and replace the speedo cable and all done. Should take about 2 hours total.  Good Luck      Deano

great nice one mate.
forgot to mension mine is a 1.8 8v gl engine. is that the same to do?

[Deano2711]

Not sure Mate but would have thought so!!!!!

[AudiA8Quattro]

The only time the throttle sensor needs to be matched to the ecu on a mk3 is if its an auto.

[FlySpeck]

like I said was used to the later fbw throttle, forgot the mk3 has a cable one.

[christomk3gti]

think this is a task for me at the wkend.... ohh sh!te its valentines weekend.... I may do it at work on monday

[Deano2711]

think this is a task for me at the wkend.... ohh sh!te its valentines weekend.... I may do it at work on monday

Buy the missus a new toothbrush for valentines. Then when she is cheesed off and walks out you can use her old one to clean the throttle body.  Job done       Cheers      Deano