Throttle Body Stickey
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Throttle Body Stickey
Having a bit of a problem with a sticky throttle body, on a 94 E350 351W, I sprayed it down with Throttle Body cleaner and it fried out my TPS, paid a shop $165 to replace that ( I know, it was a long day that day and when I saw what it takes to change the TPS and remove the TB I would have lit the bus on fire ) ;-) . . .
Anyway the gas peddle/TB will be hard to push when taking off, once you over come it, it's fine but when you let off the gas peddle it won't return to idle, it will sit at maybe best guess 1000-1300RPM, then if you stab the gas with your foot and let off quick it will idle back down to normal, then the cycle repeats. Sometimes the trans won't down shift all the way into 1st, and I am pretty sure that's the problem.
I replaced the throttle cable and lubed the gas peddle, is it safe to spray down the TB again without removing from the bus or will it again take out my TPS, What can I do to fix this? I don't think they make affordable replacement TB's.
Anyway the gas peddle/TB will be hard to push when taking off, once you over come it, it's fine but when you let off the gas peddle it won't return to idle, it will sit at maybe best guess 1000-1300RPM, then if you stab the gas with your foot and let off quick it will idle back down to normal, then the cycle repeats. Sometimes the trans won't down shift all the way into 1st, and I am pretty sure that's the problem.
I replaced the throttle cable and lubed the gas peddle, is it safe to spray down the TB again without removing from the bus or will it again take out my TPS, What can I do to fix this? I don't think they make affordable replacement TB's.
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When the shop had the TB off they should have cleaned and lubed it. I just went through this with my 93 E150. It took a lot of cleaning, spraying with liquid wrench to get it to free up. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ttle-body.html
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+1 on lubing the TB linkage, but the problem could also be a worn shaft which allows the butterflies to bind in the bores and the fix for that is to replace the throttlebody. How many miles on this thing? If it's got lots good chance the TB is worn.
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I used spray carb cleaner on my 96 a couple months ago when I replaced the TPS. I didn't lube it afterwards either. Workin fine as is, except for the stumble it's had ever since I changed the rear gear ratio to 4.10 from 3.55. Still haven't figured out the cause of the stumble.
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Thanks guys for the advice, the bus has 197K so I doubt the TB is worn out. Turns out the shop charges an hour extra to clean the TB. Sounds like I need to bite the bullet and remove it and strip it down clean it put a Motor-Craft TPS, shop used an off brand one... Something to do when it warms up. It's only 12F today ;-(
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It's not that hard to pull the throttle body or replace the TPS. IF the TB isn't operating smoothly I would say it probably needs lube more then it needs cleaning. I would spray the tb, where the throttle shaft goes into the body, with some WD40 or something similar. Once you spray it work the throttle. Keep opening and closing it. It's a very common problem on these, especially if they sit for any period of time. Hopefully spray it and working it a little bit will free it up. I've had to do this a few EFI 5.0L/5.8L trucks and vans.
If you want to clean it, just pull it off and clean it. You don't need to completely disassemble the throttle body to clean it. The main things to worry about is cleaning the carbon/sludge from the bores and back side of the butterflies. And pull the IAC off and clean the carbon out of it and the passages. After cleaning it I like to add a drop or two of oil anywhere the throttle shaft passes thru the main body.
If you want to clean it, just pull it off and clean it. You don't need to completely disassemble the throttle body to clean it. The main things to worry about is cleaning the carbon/sludge from the bores and back side of the butterflies. And pull the IAC off and clean the carbon out of it and the passages. After cleaning it I like to add a drop or two of oil anywhere the throttle shaft passes thru the main body.
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Greetigs just a follow up to close the out the post, the issue was some nitwit turned down the idle screw all the way down and the engine was sucking the plates closed so when it was running it would stick close and you had to overcome that. Set the screw correctly and everything is working awesome runs better and shifts hard/slams but every time no skipping 1st anymore at random.
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