xhatchracerx

i cleaned the TB and Intake Manifold w/CARB Cleaner last night. And my motor barely could keep a steady idle and the engine died everytime i was at a stop. Whats up with that? This ever happen to anyone? My friend did the samething and his motor tweaked like that too. The thing is i didnt soak the IM, i sprayed into the IM then stuck a cloth into the IM to wipe it off.

poison

You probably sprayed too much in there which is the reason why.

Carb cleaner can be used to start the motors as well, and you probably sprayed way too much.

B_CRUZ!

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Carb cleaner can be used to start the motors as well, and you probably sprayed way too much.</TD></TR></TABLE>

CNY Hatch

did you rev the engine at all to get it worked through the system? quite possible that it wasn't completely cleaned out. Personally I wouldn't have wiped the excess up with a towel either... chances of getting lint or whatever else in the IM (don't know if that would hurt, but I personally would try to avoid it)

I just used it in mine the other day, and it runs a lot smoother now

xhatchracerx

its running better today but the idle is a lil jumpy, so all you did was spray the IM down. The canister says to do it while the engine is on, do i have to do that? I just did it while the engine was off

poison

yes you are supposed to do it while the engine is on or trying to start. Not while it's off. It will flood.

CNY Hatch

I do it while it's running... that way you can rev the engine with your other hand on the throttle control and clean it out. Sounds like your car is a little flooded if you tried it while it was off.

xhatchracerx

thanks for the replies

BLK JDM

You did it totally wrong. Your plugs are probably fouled up. The car must be on and you should spray it into the IM while you are pressing the throttle(either gas pedal or throttle cable). The Carb Cleaner will get sucked and sometimes smoke will come out of your exhaust. I normally change to new plugs AFTER I spray the carb cleaner. I heard it fouls the plugs if you spray too much.

GReddy SI

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i did that to my 2000 civic si and it messed up my car badly
then i started to get a cel 14 iavc valve , can i do that to my hatch now
i am obd-1 , and its the same motor that was in my civic si

EG-lowrider

If I was gonna do that I would just take it off and clean the **** outta it, just my 2 bits

DumpedSi

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I did it in one of my cars a long time ago and the idle always jumped up and down after that

Shawn C

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try running the hell out of it. that will get all of the tb spray out. i always take off the IM to clean it, and re-install with a new gasket. sprayin **** in there hardly does anything. it's most important where the ports come together