Won't turn on after throttle body was cleaned

[Texasledfarmer]

I cleaned out te throttle body which was loaded with 300 miles of crap but how I was doing it by my self I couldn't spray and crank at the same time. Now it won't turn on! Any suggestions?

[Terranovation]

Sounds like it's flooded, just wait a while, keep turning the key with accelerator down to the floor or try again in the morning till the fumes dissipate. Technically you should hold the throttle open by hand rev it up to about 2,000 rpm then spray carby cleaner in the intake.

[Texasledfarmer]

No go on starting it up. I think I'm gonna have to take off the plugs and clean them up. If that doesn't work I haven't a clue.

[Slartibartfast]

Could be flooded if you sprayed a huge amount of cleaner into the intake, but I'd be surprised if that hadn't cleared out by now. Take a close look at everything you disconnected to get to the throttle body and make sure it all went back together properly.

 

If the intake smells like fuel or cleaner, you might try propping the throttle open with a screwdriver or something to let the air circulate and dry it out a little. What did you use as cleaner?

[Texasledfarmer]

I used a throttle body cleaner made by CRC. I cranked it up and it started last night. Alot of smoke came out but it worked. I gave it a 5 mile run and it runs fine but when it's been off for about 30 mins the smoke comes back once cranked again. I just gotta run it and I'm sure it'll go away. I need to change the o2 sensors... maybe that'll help with the crappie cold starts. I had read on one of the posts that someone changed injectors and it restored the performance. I think it'll be a great idea cuz almost 300 miles have surely created some horrid build up. Any ideas where to get cheap injectors?

[Terranovation]

I know this might sound ridiculous but I read that atf can clean injectors. I was curious. I took a small bottle of atf to the petrol station, added only a small amount about 100ml to a full tank and I found after a couple of atf treatments I have increased my mileage by 50 kms (31.25 miles) so I am certain that atf works to clean the fuel system. After both refills these tests were done without running the air con to get a consistent result and was a combination of traffic/freeway conditions.

[Texasledfarmer]

I know of ppl that own diesel's that use ATF fluid to clean their fuel system but I never knew you could use it on gas