Clean your throttle body?!

[tips000]

CLEAN YOUR THROTTLE BODY... i dont understand why people in this forum never say that... think about it... your egr is recirculating exhaust gasses into your intake... exhaust is not a clean thing... its actually a high percent carbon... my car has 120000 miles and i took off the intake elbow and opened the throttle... FILTHY... absolutely gross... to me this seems like a more logical place to start than boost leak or fuel problems

and the kicker is that its so easy to do and SHOULD be part of your general maint.

the procudere from alldata

1. remove elbow attatched to throttle body
2. put tape over the two holes at the bottom inside the throttle body
3. spray the hell out of it with carb cleaner (go play with yourself for 5 min.)
4. wipe out with rag and reasseble
5. start car and rev until you can get a decent idle....
6. let idle for a few...
7. repeat if necesary

after driving a day after doing this i usually like to disconnect the battery to reset the pcm

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

You can make your own boost leak tester but here is a place selling them cheap.
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/liquid-air-adapter/pressure-tester-p-162.html
You say it makes boost when you rev it up in neutral ???? It may have a leak but if you are getting actually 12-14lbs it is working and not leaking a huge amount. I believe that there is another problem now.

 

[95boostedgst_3613]

You can make your own boost leak tester but here is a place selling them cheap.
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/liquid-air-adapter/pressure-tester-p-162.html
You say it makes boost when you rev it up in neutral ???? It may have a leak but if you are getting actually 12-14lbs it is working and not leaking a huge amount. I believe that there is another problem now.

Yes it does idk about driving because it won't do much on the road, and yes that's what the boost gauge reads anyways

 

[dieselgenset]

I clean the throttle plate once a year , its usually not that bad
if you have never done it you might be surprised how dirty it can get after a long time though

 

[Boostedwheels]

Hi all new to the forum. Bought a fully rust free 98 gst for 700 out of staten island with a spun bearing. Threw an engine in and drove for a few months working out the little quirks. One this is it will sit and idle up and down a few hundred rpms. I changed the isc. When i changed it i noticed it had a little slack. Anybody experience this?