[Shotimes] Cleaning 'Coated' TB's

[Carl Prochilo]

Finally got this done during the past week.  Took a good 6 cans of Berrymans.

The brush did help a little, but what I noticed is that what was really
needed is straight solvent on the black soot that coated the inside of the
manifold.  What I mean by this is if I sprayed a particular area, it would
get clean after a couple of sprays, but if I then used the brush to help
adjacent areas, all I ended up with is a smearing effect.  The ideal
solution would have been to dunk the entire manifold into a vat of the
solvent (sans any electronics or solenoids).  Speaking of solenoids, if
you remove that assembly from the intake, you have access to a lot more
area, including those beautiful horns.

Not sure what I really accomplished in all this other than to feel good. 
And, I ended up removing and installing the intake so many times I'm ready
for a pit crew race.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, December 12, 2004 8:56 pm, Kenneth Epperly said:
> You might want to find a round brush with a long flexible wire handle to
> help scrub it with.
>
>         Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:13 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Cleaning 'Coated' TB's
>
>
>> I am very close to my first attempt at removing the intake.  My real
>> goal
>> here is to fix a leaky valve cover.  However I also recognize that while
>> this is all apart I have a good opportunity at cleaning the intake.
>>
>> Buy a bunch of cans of Berryman's or whatever and just soak the thing
> down?
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> On Sun, December 12, 2004 6:07 pm, Ron Porter said:
>> > We've been cleaning them for years without being struck dead for
>> > disturbing
>> > the "double-secret coating", so use your favorite cleaner on it.
>> >
>> > If the coating was so good, why do they crud up anyway??  ;-)
>> >
>> > Ron Porter
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> > On Behalf Of Alan Fanning
>> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:08 PM
>> > To: SHOtimes
>> > Subject: [Shotimes] Cleaning "Coated" TB's
>> >
>> >
>> > I've got a filthy throttle body on my '95 ATX SHO. It says on it that
>> it
>> > has
>> > some sort of special coating and shouldn't be cleaned, but I have a
>> hard
>> > time leaving things like that alone. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> >    Alan
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