Cleaned Tb,now tons of white smoke???
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Cleaned Tb,now tons of white smoke???
Last night I removed and cleaned my Throttle body.I removed all sensors and cleaned it with a toothbrush and intake safe TB cleaner.I let it sit overnight to dry out and then about an hour ago I put her back together,slapped on a new gasket and fastened all sensors and throttle cable unit.I then proceeded to fire her up,she stuttered at first and then ran smooth about 20 seconds into it.Now I have the huge cloud of white smoke coming out the exaust..I let her run for about 2 minutes, and still white smoke,so i shut hewr down just to be safe ,is this normal?
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Just finished Auto tapping her and everything seems to be in the norm ,Exaust went back to norm by the time i was finished tappin her ,and man I swear the SC whine got a few decibals louder
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Everything is fine. Take it out for a drive, and make sure you go wide open to blow all the carbon out. You may have to go wide open more than once to clear it all out.
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Originally Posted by CSFiend
Everything is fine. Take it out for a drive, and make sure you go wide open to blow all the carbon out. You may have to go wide open more than once to clear it all out.
-justin
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Keep an eye on it. White smoke could be coolant leaking through the gasket into the TB, and being burned off in the cylinders. Watch the overflow tank for a couple weeks, and then breathe a sigh of relief.
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The one solution I didn't even think of was the TB gasket. Usually when we clean throttle bodies at my shop (which is a very complete cleaning, BG products and toothbrushes) it'll blow white smoke like crazy until the carbon is done blowing out.
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Re: good
Originally Posted by SSEBONNE4EVA
If its running good why not leave well enough alone.