Throttle body clean AGG?

[MickP mk3]

Just had a quick look and the pipe that comes out of the TB goes to a housing that goes the top rad pipe and water temp sensor, i think.

[gazareth]

I removed the TB for cleaning on my AGG and just lined it back up by using marks made previously by the Allen key bolts and it ran fine. I also removed the water pipes in and out of the TB, stopping hot water running through it, to cool the air temp a bit.

do you mean you lined the throttle body up to the manifold when you refitted it. throttle body alignment is actually the butterfly position to the tps position which after careful cleaning should not need any adjustment.

[MickP mk3]

Yeah, sorry. The TB to the manifold, not the butterfly.

[GOLF-MK3-GTI]

So today me and my brother cleaned the throttle body and the breather pipes.
The throttle body was caked in gunk/oil. Te breather pipes were all gunked up.

Refitted the cleaned parts and adapted the throttle body.

To align the TB, is it just the case of disconnect battery for a few hours, connect both terminals, then turn ignition on, but not to start car or touch pedals, then turn it off after 30 seconds and then turn ignition on and start car without touching pedals.

The revs no longer fluctuate and it idles and drives sweet.

On the plus note, my VR6 has been sold today too