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General Category => Hybrid/Tech => Topic started by: bigwig on April 19, 2010, 06:32:20 PM

Title: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: bigwig on April 19, 2010, 06:32:20 PM: I have my intake manifold and throttle body off to clean. I have brake cleaner and carb cleaner sitting next to me. I do not have intake/throttle body cleaner. Is it worth the 30 minutes and $5 to get the throttle/intake cleaner? At the same time, I'd probably get some MAF cleaner.
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: chris on April 19, 2010, 06:45:24 PM: carb cleaner wal mart=every intake port I have ever cleaned

I buy the shit by the case.
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: bigwig on April 19, 2010, 06:54:36 PM: Quote from: chris M on April 19, 2010, 06:45:24 PM
carb cleaner wal mart=every intake port I have ever cleaned

I buy the shit by the case.

I was looking for what you had to say. I read some overly anal people claiming about coatings on the inside of the manifold and how it would ruin the world if you use carb cleaner. In which I thought about if someone ported the manifold, that gay coating would be gone just the same, but that is traditionally acceptable.

After dinner I'll blast it with carb cleaner and put it all back together.

Thanks Chris.
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: chris on April 19, 2010, 07:08:06 PM: car wash throw a couple bucks in the machine
2 cans of carb cleaner

Uber clean ports

The world ends in 2012 anyway so enjoy the sweet smell of super tech carb cleaner
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: t_cel_t on April 19, 2010, 08:11:11 PM: coating on inside of manifold? wat
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: jagojon3 on April 19, 2010, 08:16:28 PM: It's coated with aluminum oxide, lol
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: bigwig on April 19, 2010, 10:17:19 PM: Quote from: t_cel_t on April 19, 2010, 08:11:11 PM
coating on inside of manifold? wat

This isn't a Honda, but a Miata. Mazda did odd things with the Miata to convince people it was a "race minded car" yet it only has 140hp...

http://www.miata.net/garage/egr.html (http://www.miata.net/garage/egr.html)

End result, I have no idea if it really does have a special coating anywhere. I used what I had left of carb cleaner. Used that up so I ran out and I bought some intake cleaner, maf cleaner, and spark plugs. Carb cleaner was better but I figured I'd try the other crap out. I got it for free because the idiot at PepBoys only charged me for 1 spark plug.
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: crttaz on April 19, 2010, 10:23:05 PM: Quote from: chris M on April 19, 2010, 06:45:24 PM
carb cleaner wal mart=every intake port I have ever cleaned

I buy the shit by the case.

Not any more, price went from 1.13 a can to 1.77 a can, fuck that!
Title: Re: Intake Cleaner vs Carb/Break Cleaner : Cleaning Intake Manifold/Throttle Body
Post by: HiProfile on April 21, 2010, 12:57:50 AM: All I use atm is carb cleaner. Found out my store was clearancing them for $0.75/ea and bought the last 2 cases. :evil:

Brake kleen is some chlorine-based shit, which could burn into some badass greenhouse gas since that's mostly what chlorine likes to do. I think it will actually clean better in an all-purpose role. Like it would clean a blue dash nearly as well as johnny's republican ass-streaks on his Depens.

Carb cleaners are usually xylene, toluene, etc, which is part of what gasoline is. It will burn just like gasoline, and dissolve petroleum products great. Since it's basicly high-grade gasoline, it shouldn't hurt anythign in your engine, or kill the hippies. The latter is a negative strike against it, however.