Don't Clean throttle body before watching this/Cleaning cable controlled or Electrical Throttle body

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Hello it's Salim Iq in today's video I will show you how to clean throttle body on my 2017
Toyota Camry which is electrical throttle body and I will do the same on cable control throttle
body as well and then start the engine to see if you have any check engine light.
So for the cleaner I will be using CRC throttle body and intake cleaner
never use any of these cleaners on throttle body none of them are sensor safe cleaners.
Only throttle body cleaner is recommended but you can use mass airflow sensor cleaner for
cleaning throttle body but you cannot use throttle body cleaner for cleaning mass airflow sensor
so keep that in mind. I don't recommend using sharp towel for cleaning throttle body
sometimes these small pieces fall into the throttle body I always keep my used microfiber
towels it's been washed and cleaned and I will be using for cleaning throttle body.
All right let's start with Toyota Camry which has electrical throttle body and it's located here so
for that we need to remove filter box and intake hose so let's start with the wire harnesses here
I'm not expecting to have dirty throttle body for two reasons first I always change intake air
filter on time and second I have oil catch can installed on the engine to catch all the oil
vapor so even if it's not that dirty we're gonna clean it anyway. All right after removing intake
hose I'm not gonna bother removing other hoses so I'm just gonna lock it here so it can work freely
just like I expected it's not that bad let's get CRC cleaner and put the straw on the nozzle for
easy pointing I'm just gonna spray on the butterfly door and then wipe it off with a
microfiber towel it's important to clean the outside first and then open it and clean the
inside which I will show you in a second. Next we need to open the electrical throttle body
and clean the inside so for that I will put the key on on position and push the gas pedal
it will open the throttle body without turning on the engine because I work alone and I will
use my torque wrench to hold the gas pedal till I clean the throttle body and it's secured very
well with the seat so it won't slip till I clean the throttle body so I'm gonna spray some more
cleaner on the door edge and then wipe it off with a microfiber towel that's the important part
when the door closes and there is no carbon between the body and the door to give accurate
airflow so I did another pass of cleaning just to make sure that I cleaned everything and there is
no carbon between the door and the throttle body all right we are done with cleaning now I'm gonna
release the gas pedal and turn off the ignition so with using CRC throttle body cleaner and wiping
off with microfiber towel damaged dirt came out now we're gonna put everything back and start
the engine to see if we have any check engine light make sure to tighten the intake hose clamp
on the throttle body otherwise you will get error code for that this process is the reverse of how
we removed the filter box but for some cars you won't need to remove the filter box for cleaning
throttle body but because of the location of throttle body on Toyota Camry we had to remove
the filter box for cleaning throttle body all right moment of truth let's start the engine and
see if we have any check engine light even though I used a lot of cleaner I'm sure the sensor got
wet and we will have a check engine light the check engine light didn't turn off after starting
the engine we had a hard starting due to that much cleaning in throttle body but that is what exactly
been designed for and it will burn just like gasoline so only first start will be like this
after cleaning and then it will get back to normal again I'm gonna use my CG solid OBD scanner for
you guys to show you what error code you will get if you use a lot of cleaner so the code is PO102
and it's mass airflow sensor the mass airflow sensor didn't get wet because it's before throttle
body just because of the amount of cleaner left in throttle body and they start it made to throw
that error code so the mass airflow sensor didn't get accurate reading or I disconnected the wire
harness and push the gas pedal one of these two reasons made that code came up so now we know why
it throws that error code we can erase the code with OBD scanner and if you don't have OBD scanner
you can disconnect the negative battery terminal or remove ECM or on some cars ECU fuse to reset
the car's computer so after it burned all the cleaner from throttle body you should have smooth
acceleration even I used that much cleaner which it doesn't need that much but I wanted to see what
happens when I start the engine so you don't do that mistake so when you get error code after
cleaning throttle body you either erase with OBD scanner or use ECM fuse next I'm going to do the
same procedure on cable control throttle body on cable control throttle body you don't have risk
to damage the throttle body you can open it by hand and clean it easily when you see steel cable
on throttle body it's cable control throttle body not electrical gas pedal pulling that cable from
inside and opening throttle body you will see that on old cars nowadays almost all new cars nowadays
are electrical throttle body they have no cables so I use the same technique same cleaner CRC throttle
body and intake cleaner for cleaning this cable control throttle body and here you will have no
problem opening the throttle body by hand and wiping the inside next we're going to put everything
back and start the engine and see if you have any check engine light so just like I did on a Camry
I used a little bit more cleaner for cleaning throttle body so let's turn on the engine and
see if we have any check engine light it was an easy start and we have no check engine light
on Camry throttle body is vertical so all the cleaner gets inside the throttle body
because it late start and having check engine light but on this one not much cleaner gets inside
the engine even if CRC throttle body cleaner gets inside the engine it's sensor safe and it won't
damage throttle body just don't use carb cleaner or a choke cleaner it will damage throttle body
easily and here's the picture before cleaning how the door edge looks like and after cleaning how it
looks like even though it wasn't that bad and all that goes to having oil catch can on the system
for catching all the oil vapor I will have some links for the tools I used plus related videos
in the video description box below if you want to check it out so that's for this video hope the
video was helpful and learn something new if it was like and subscribe if you haven't already
and I will see you in the next one bye for now
