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Throttle Body Cleaning




THROTTLE BODY (THROTTLE VALVE AREA) CLEANING

1. WARNING:
When touching the throttle valve, surely shut off the driving circuits of the throttle valve. In the event that the throttle valve is operated, a finger might be injured as the result of being caught by the throttle valve.

CAUTION:

- When the throttle body cleaning is performed, use scan tool MB991958 to initialize the learning value Initialization Procedure For Learning Value In MFI Engine ).

- Do not spray the cleaning solvent directly to the throttle valve.

- Make sure the cleaning solvent does not enter the motor and the sensor through the shaft.

Remove the air intake hose from the throttle body.

2. Disconnect the electronic-controlled throttle valve connector.

3. Remove the throttle body assembly.

4. Spray cleaning solvent on a clean cloth.

5. Wipe off the dirt around the throttle valve with the cloth sprayed with cleaning solvent.

6. Install the throttle body assembly.

7. Connect electronic-controlled throttle valve connector.

8. Attach the air intake hose.