krisjk2

Today I seafoamed my car and it turned out well but my CEL came on and it's throwing code 14. I did the seafoaming alone because I did it early in the morning so I had to feed the juice into the brake booster very slow because I was doing it on the idle. When I started, i slipped and put to much in at once and the car died, but I started it up fine and continued with the seafoaming. After I was done I noticed that I had the CEL. What could have caused this and how do I go about fixing it?

krisjk2

help?

FalkenSiR

For some reason, a large amount went into the IACV. I would remove it and spray brake cleaner through it (lots of it). Pretty easy, shouldn't take you 10 min.

krisjk2

how do i get to the IACV? what am i looking for? how do i take it off to clean?

pdiggitydogg

its on the back of the intake manifold
2 bolts hold it on
2 coolant lines
1 electrical connector (remove it last)

kjmagnum

For future reference, you can still gas the car by yourself by directly opening the throttle body. I seafoamed my car by myself and didn't have a problem.

krisjk2

yea, i didn't see that until i was looking at my car later. i feel dumb because i knew of that before but it just slipped my mind.

another question: if i get it clean, will the CEL go off by itself or do i have to reset the CEL or something?

kjmagnum

Disconnecting the battery resets the ECU and clears CELs. That might be all you need to do. My oxygen sensor threw a CEL and I disconnected the battery while working on my car and the CEL hasn't reappeared since.