Stuff that's been sucked into the Throttle Body!!

**dwn_boi** · 03-06-2009 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by beeza

Haha,I remember reading that a while back! Classic!

A similair story -

My car is an automatic and my mate told me (friend of a friend),when I didn't know any better to launch the auto,put it into N,rev it up then drop it in D.

Now,I knew this didn't sound good...but man the auto is slow off the line so when I first went to the 1/4,I did this for the 10 runs I had.All good!

About a month later I hear a clunk,bang and pulled over to find the crank pulley sitting on the splashguard and 3 belts scattered around the engine!!

The keyway snapped in the crank pulley! and the crank pulley bolt obviously had come out!

The gap in the crank pulley where the keyway goes was bend out/larger.So we put another one in there with some stong glue to hold it and it worked! PHEW!!

Won't do that again.

LMFAO do u own a prelude?? its like a factory defect that they fall off haha :P

mine did too!!

see thread:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81113

**beeza** · 03-06-2009 01:54 PM

Oh WOW!

That story brings back memories.All those noises,I remember now...

Mine's a 96 civic EK1.

I was lucky that it went bad,like heavy as steering like you said,when I pulled into my street,cause I remember the steering being sooooooo heavy too!!

**dwn_boi** · 03-06-2009 02:27 PM

lol yea it was farked sounded like a lawn mower!!

**beeza** · 03-06-2009 02:59 PM

Yeah I know what you mean when you say ' I could feel her pain!!!!'

It was like she had a golly in her throat she was trying to hock up but ended up throwing up her heart! lol Makes me feel a bit queezy...

**dwn_boi** · 03-06-2009 03:04 PM

lol ewww me too when u put it that way!

hey when u get a service do they clean ur throttle body at all? like in a major like 100 000? maybe i shuld do it myself lol then i'll see what gets sucked n and post up nxt week

**DNYALL** · 03-06-2009 03:13 PM

a friend of mine had an s14. had a fair big trbo on it, was pretty quick. Anyway, one day he put a cheap no name brand pod filter on temporarily...not sure why. After a day of driving the smal centre piece of the pod broke and got sucked into the turbo, blowing the turbo...

lesson learned, don't use $20 pods

**beeza** · 03-06-2009 03:14 PM

^^ Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha yeah,I grossed myself out there too!

No,they wouldn't do it,I doubt very much.

Totti on here sells em' seperately,only $10.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...cleaner&page=2

**hisoka** · 04-06-2009 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by dwn_boi

lol ewww me too when u put it that way!

hey when u get a service do they clean ur throttle body at all? like in a major like 100 000? maybe i shuld do it myself lol then i'll see what gets sucked n and post up nxt week

go buy subaru upper engine cleaner, or if u were in bris id give you my half empty one. lol or anyone else in brisbane. i buy like bulk.

anyway reverse the car out so rear is facing street. turn it on, get someone to rev will you spray into intake .

we smoke out the whole street with clouds :P. and you dont have to but i replace plugs at same time. U DONT HAVE TOO, but i just so picky on it.

**beeza** · 04-06-2009 11:08 AM

Yeah,I just clean mine up with carby cleaner and a small metal brush and set the gaps correctly.

**connorling** · 05-06-2009 02:18 AM

well i heard this joke about port and polish.

DIY: port and polish: put a bag of sand where the intake is, start ur car as usual, the revv it like a mad man, let the sand suck in, as the sand go thru ur engine, it polish ur intake :P