Jscaramella

Read allot of info here on this but saw no answers to what you can and can not spray on this to clean it. Carb cleaner/Brake cleaner or contact cleaner?

Thanks

mjshira

I have used carb cleaner. I assume you mean the ICV?

Jscaramella

ISV, did that
I belive my AF sensor could be dirty from an oil overfill, have to pull and the box and check.
Some posts just said to clean with a rag

carby

I assume you remove the front of the airbox so you have a good view of the TB and give it a good old drenching with carb cleaner or similar solvent with the engine running so it sucks a good lung full in? I am about to resort to something as potentially volatile as this as my car is still puffing on the overrun after a recent overfill....call me Old Smokey.

Any other suggestions for top end cleaners that can be administered safely without TB removal gladly accepted. (apologies for the deviation from sensor cleaning)

Jscaramella

No I haven't done that.

elbeee964

That sounds dangerous.
The carb cleaner I use smells like God's own explosive volatile.

Anyone around here know if the stuff is BOOM, BOOM?

(I recall we used aerosol acetone to start the carbureted Plymouth on Minnesota winter mornings... ...sparingly.)

TheOtherEric

What's wrong with CRC brand Mass Air Flow Sensor Cleaner?

Kahdmus

snob.

Jscaramella

I ended up using Wurth circuit board contact cleaner.

911URGE

I used a throttle body cleaner found on most auto parts shelves. Most likely a re-labeled carb cleaner.

I did pull the AFM completely off the car to clean and I also wiped it out with a rag.

DWS964

Ah, the good ol' days. And that "Starting Fluid" was ether, not acetone. When the car wouldn't start, go out take off the top of the air cleaner, use a stick or screwdriver to hold the choke open a bit, shoot some starting fluid down into the throat of the carburetor, tell the driver to give it a try. And stand back, in awe, when the engine belched a big mushroom cloud of fire out the unprotected carburetor. OK, hang on, let me give it another shot, and try it again...

What's a carburetor?
Kids these days, they don't know nuthin'

elbeee964

Ether, huh? Fumes must'a done burned my memory cells.

What's a carburetor?
A: A carburetor means never having to say you're sorry... for pumping the accelerator to start.

Bull

No need to be more careful than with gasoline, which you are likely pumping down there all day long if you drive the thing.

junkart

+1