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12-20-2011, 10:32 PM

pdog2000

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dirty throttle body

this is the pic of my throttle body before i cleaned it...nasty looking eh

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12-21-2011, 04:26 AM

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did you follow it with a hard reset?

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12-21-2011, 06:04 AM

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Yes...I followed by a hard reset...holding the negative batt cable to the postive for 60 secs...I am getting about 1-2 miles better to the gallon...and notice that acceleration is smoother...a job well worth it...

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