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Old 02-28-2005, 07:12 PM
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Re: did something stupid while cleanign throttle body

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Originally posted by immortal_suby
Did a brake band adjustment last week and while I had the intake boot off I decided to spray out the throttle body with some cleaner.

As I was spraying inside the passenger side butterfly I watched in horror as the red tube connected to the spray bottle popped off and dropped into the intake.

Felt very stupid for a few minutes, imagining the next 3 hours spent removing the entire intake to get it out.

Luckily, I was able to remove only the throttle body and using a long needle nose pliers grab the tube out of there. Just another quick job that was made much longer by one simple careless move.
that happened to me, too, but luckily the little tube didn't get too far. my heart did stop for a brief moment as i watched it shoot off into what i thought was the deep recesses of the engine!!!
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