Throttle body questions
Discussion
Hey everyone!
Got my 2007 Vantage in February and it’s absolutely awesome, loving every chance I get to drive it! I’ve been delving into the relatively easy maintenance things, changing air filters, replaced the thermostat and things like that and am already deeply indebted to all of you for you’re posts and how-to’s and insight.
Introductions and thanks out of the way, I have never messed with a throttle body and have questions. The car has about 40k miles and the throttle body definitely looks like it’s had never been cleaned. Besides being dirty, there was a tiny amount of oil at the bottom of the disk.
Is this normal?
Is this the oil that a catch can is supposed to mitigate?
After cleaning I noticed there was a tiny shallow groove on the surface where the disk comes closest in the closed position.
Is this normal?
I don’t think it’s from the two metal surfaces touching, maybe just gradual forms from years and miles of air being squeezed to/through the gap?
Lastly after cleaning and reinstalling I swear the intake/induction sounded different right from startup. There seemed to be more noise/blowing sound coming from the engine and I was sure I screwed something up. It ran fine though and after only a couple of drives the sound went away and hasn’t come back. Maybe the engine management system was recalibrating a little now that the throttle body was clean and the airflow was a little different?
Thanks in advance for any help/education!
Got my 2007 Vantage in February and it’s absolutely awesome, loving every chance I get to drive it! I’ve been delving into the relatively easy maintenance things, changing air filters, replaced the thermostat and things like that and am already deeply indebted to all of you for you’re posts and how-to’s and insight.
Introductions and thanks out of the way, I have never messed with a throttle body and have questions. The car has about 40k miles and the throttle body definitely looks like it’s had never been cleaned. Besides being dirty, there was a tiny amount of oil at the bottom of the disk.
Is this normal?
Is this the oil that a catch can is supposed to mitigate?
After cleaning I noticed there was a tiny shallow groove on the surface where the disk comes closest in the closed position.
Is this normal?
I don’t think it’s from the two metal surfaces touching, maybe just gradual forms from years and miles of air being squeezed to/through the gap?
Lastly after cleaning and reinstalling I swear the intake/induction sounded different right from startup. There seemed to be more noise/blowing sound coming from the engine and I was sure I screwed something up. It ran fine though and after only a couple of drives the sound went away and hasn’t come back. Maybe the engine management system was recalibrating a little now that the throttle body was clean and the airflow was a little different?
Thanks in advance for any help/education!
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