# Cleaning the throttle body correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, camry\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132 "2011-02-10T04:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaanni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jaanni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jaanni)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/1 "2011-02-10T04:22:32Z")
I just tried cleaning the throttle body myself and am happy to see that the I no longer have the sticky accelerator problem. I used Deep Creep and wiped up as much dirt as I could around the butterfly valve and as far in as I could. My question is that I was told when I started the car after the cleaning, that I would see clouds of smoke. I see nothing. The spray can I have looks like it would be good for another 10 cleanings like this. While I cleaned up front, should I be spraying in a ton more D.C. into the back part of the throttle body to do a complete cleaning? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/2 "2011-02-10T04:40:13Z")
If you solved your problem, spray no more. Smoke is not required, probably indicates using too much. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/3 "2011-02-10T05:05:39Z")
Are we working off the idea this if a little was good then a lot more should be great? Really if the throttle stickyness is gone ,your job is done. ---
**Author:** ![jaanni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jaanni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jaanni)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/4 "2011-02-10T12:05:00Z")
K. Just wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing cleaning the rest of the body and impacting performance. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/5 "2011-02-10T14:57:10Z")
If you addressed your concern you can quit now…BUT wouldnt it be fun to spray more?..C’mon…VROOOM VROOM VROOM…POOF POOF POOF…Arg! LOL…people love to overdo it… You can stop now. Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cleaning-the-throttle-body-correctly/61132/7 "2011-02-11T02:17:16Z")
The proper way to clean the throttle body is to remove it, but I find that having someone hold the gas pedal to the floor while cleaning the back side of the throttle plate and the interior part of the bore with a paper towel soaked in throttle body cleaner (or Deep Creep) works just about as good.