ttr125mar

I searched about cleaning throttle bodies but everyone said to clean it with carb cleaner, well I have some denatured alcohol here and was wondering if this is a good idea to clean the throttle body with this or is this stuff to strong? Just curious I use this to clean my little r/c engines and it does a very good job.

Thanks,
Mario

mike_d

it should be fine. it may dissolve some of the rubber hoses and stuff, so be careful about that. but out here in colorado where we run 15% ethanol in our gasahol and everything is fine. in fact i bet ethanol is more gentle than carb cleaner.

Mikey

break down and buy the throttle body cleaner. I hate the thought of taking a chance and damaging a sensor.

gwhayduke

Denatured alcohol is just ethanol with a little bit of methanol added to make it extra poisonous. You can use it on your TB but you'll be disappointed with the results. TB cleaner is a much better solvent.

Ironmike4x4

It should be fine. We've used it for cleaning out the A/C lines at work.