icv/throttle body cleaning help

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jimbob29
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Sat May 14, 2011 11:46 am

recently removed intake boot to clean throttle body and noticed the icv was bit black in side! do i just spray throttle body with carb cleaner and wipe carefully or do i spray whilst engine running through air box?can i give the icv a spray with cleaner or do i clean another way?just have little annoying thing where car takes a while to start after short journey or when hot not all the time tho it perfect in mornings plugs/starter/coil/leads/dizz cap/rotor all fine and clean...
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Sat May 14, 2011 5:01 pm

Pull it off, clean it out with carb cleaner, or some kind of solvent.
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MartinSE
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Sat May 14, 2011 10:32 pm

Is it a good idea to give it some lube afterwards?
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Sat May 14, 2011 10:49 pm

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Sat May 14, 2011 11:51 pm

Jim320i wrote:EDIT aswell
You on about the ICV or the TPS?? :?

Sounds just like what one would do to a crudded up TPS...
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Sun May 15, 2011 9:30 am

Sh*t! Read that completely wrong! Thank you forpointing that out Low_E30... Edit your post and i'll remove mine as I dont want to be giving wrong advise to people. :?
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