Good decarbonizing product
26-Apr-2009, 02:30 PM
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There shouldn't be too too much carbon buildup on the throttle body. You should be able to clean it yourself. Or take it to a shop that you know/trust. Have them do it instead. Im always a lil weary of CT. From my experience with them with the company car (boss told me to go to CT), they like to overcharge ppl for simple jobs.
26-Apr-2009, 02:44 PM
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There shouldn't be too too much carbon buildup on the throttle body. You should be able to clean it yourself. Or take it to a shop that you know/trust. Have them do it instead. Im always a lil weary of CT. From my experience with them with the company car (boss told me to go to CT), they like to overcharge ppl for simple jobs.
26-Apr-2009, 02:51 PM
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There shouldn't be too too much carbon buildup on the throttle body. You should be able to clean it yourself. Or take it to a shop that you know/trust. Have them do it instead. Im always a lil weary of CT. From my experience with them with the company car (boss told me to go to CT), they like to overcharge ppl for simple jobs.
There 'high pressure service" is just from an aerosoil can that is under pressure. It's nothing special.
Run seafoam, THEN service the throttle body and iacv/fitv passages and valves THEN change your oil.
You'll be fine.
Or just get a motor-vac done.. but you seem cheap, so I doubt you'd spend $100 at a shop to get that done.
26-Apr-2009, 03:25 PM
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What shops around the GTA besides Canadian Tire provide a motor-vac service?
There is a lot of carbon buildup on throttle bodies, as well as the idle passages on the throttle body, that's why you must do a throttle service every couple years.
There 'high pressure service" is just from an aerosoil can that is under pressure. It's nothing special.
Run seafoam, THEN service the throttle body and iacv/fitv passages and valves THEN change your oil.
You'll be fine.
Or just get a motor-vac done.. but you seem cheap, so I doubt you'd spend $100 at a shop to get that done.
There 'high pressure service" is just from an aerosoil can that is under pressure. It's nothing special.
Run seafoam, THEN service the throttle body and iacv/fitv passages and valves THEN change your oil.
You'll be fine.
Or just get a motor-vac done.. but you seem cheap, so I doubt you'd spend $100 at a shop to get that done.
26-Apr-2009, 03:30 PM
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so the motor vac is the decarbonizing maintenance?
which can be substituted for sea foam ?
which can be substituted for sea foam ?
There is a lot of carbon buildup on throttle bodies, as well as the idle passages on the throttle body, that's why you must do a throttle service every couple years.
There 'high pressure service" is just from an aerosoil can that is under pressure. It's nothing special.
Run seafoam, THEN service the throttle body and iacv/fitv passages and valves THEN change your oil.
You'll be fine.
Or just get a motor-vac done.. but you seem cheap, so I doubt you'd spend $100 at a shop to get that done.
There 'high pressure service" is just from an aerosoil can that is under pressure. It's nothing special.
Run seafoam, THEN service the throttle body and iacv/fitv passages and valves THEN change your oil.
You'll be fine.
Or just get a motor-vac done.. but you seem cheap, so I doubt you'd spend $100 at a shop to get that done.
26-Apr-2009, 03:45 PM
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Mine was clean when i got the car at 198k. Maybe the previous owner had cleaned it out before emmission then.
26-Apr-2009, 06:56 PM
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If you look at your vehicle you will see that the oil/fuel vapours from the valve cover are drawn in the your intake tube. So all those vapours are going past the throttle body. That is why they get all gummed up with carbon.
And yes, seafoam can be substituted for a motor-vac, however it is not as affective as a motor-vac. Do some research on motor-vac's and you will see why they are important and work well.
I have had success with seafoam though.
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