Just got finished with a little two day project of cleaning my Idle control valve and polishing my throttle body to a GLASS finish.

It completely fixed my idle problem and the polishing of the body makes the power band seem smoother alllll the way through, no lag in response anymore. Not a big change, but nice none the less

Here are some pics:

 

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nice ! i have a little bit or idle prob can you post how you got to the part kinda like a summerie of what you did? with pics?

 

Not sure if the polishing did anything additional, but cleaning out the accumulated oil and carbon sure should.

 

ya i think just cleaning it out did the most, but i like to think my car is running better with it polished

i'm not on my comp but i had a guy send me a diy form another site, i'll post it up for ya when i get home.

 

sweet.. how long did it take?

 

didn't take to long, i just took my time and it was prolly total 5-6 hours. the time intensive part is actually polishing the body. I used a dremel "polishing stone", but i talked to my dad today who said scotch bright is what his porsche shop uses to polish intake manifolds, my next project

 

nice job on the tb. to bore it out bigger you can use magna steel and form it on the out side and then open up the whole opening of the small side. i am also planing on doing my IM they say it is a very long job. when you do the IM you will need a die grinder to do the job it is made out of aluminim nickel

what did you use to cleen the icv. i need to do that it is causing my almost stalling prob

 

i just used carb and choke cleaner and you spray it inside the two open holes then pour it out. I did it like 20 times jsut to make sure ti was clean.... don't use it to wash your hands though like i did..... it's a bad idea trust me [&:]

 

meeh, how bad could it be. Sprays on hand. AAAAAAHHHHHHH ****, what the, my skin is falling off. AAAAHHH. try MEK or asetone. not for anything that isn't %100 metel thou.