Sticky throttle on a turbo car

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

While it's certainly something I'm capable of and have successfully done several times before, I never like to, and do not recommend others to, disassemble a working throttlebody and then put it back together. No matter how good you are, the throttle body is never 100% of what it was before you tinkered with it in my experience.

I agree, it is a royal PITA as there are SO many little things that need to be just right for the TB to function properly, but I didn't want the TB to be the ONE thing that wasn't ceramic coated. Not to mention the choke plates came out and I welded the shaft openings shut before polishing the thing off. It was a pain, but I think with time and a little tinkering, slight bending, it'll be everything that it was. It practically is now. Every so often it gets a little hung up, like 1% on the TPS log, that can actually be slight voltage variations.

Originally Posted by vex

You say this now, after I took mine completely apart, ported/polished it, let it sit for 2 months while I dick around with the car and then attempt to put it back together?

Actually, to be honest, I ended up using your website and pictures to help me remember how to put it all back together.

Pics saved my ass when reassembling. I think I took about 50 pictures. Everytime a pice came off, I snapped a pic, then everything was layed out in the order it was removed, then a pic was taken

Originally Posted by classicauto

mine started sticking on the dragon too - but mine was just age. Dripped a little 2 stroke oil on a the springs and all is well.

Interesting though, its fun when the car tries to drive itself around! Not so fun coming into a corner though

Tell me about it Joe! It happened one time when I was trying to slow down to pay a toll. Sketchy, VERY sketchy to say the least.