zonianbrat Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 :help: Sometimes after i have been cruisin, and i come to a stop at a stop light or sign go proceed to accelerate and the gas pedal wont move until i put alot of pressure on it, then ofcourse i floor it barking the BFG's. Do you guys think it is a dirty throttle body? my gas mileage kinda sucks too. any help is much appreciated. one other thing i heard high altitude affects gas mileage? i live at 5283ft above sea level in denver area what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) throttle body, spray some carb cleaner in that thing Edited December 2, 2005 by FLApathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 How To:) That should do it -bounce- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derogate Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 btw. yes altitude effects milage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 All of the above... Thanks for the link Casey. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Just curious to find out what happend???? Cleaning the Throtle body and the MAF did wonders for me.... The Altitude is not something that I am overly familiar with but the cleanings should help a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonianbrat Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 I will definetely let you guys know what happens. it kinda sucks i have been real busy with work and then i try to spend alot of time with my 5-month old. was hoping to get the work done today but right now it is snowing hard and tonight i am going to an Avalanche hockey game. but all the advice is awesome thanks. let you know soon. GO AVs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanjdfraser Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 ive tried every throttle body cleaner that exists, my throttle body still sticks, the harder i drive it, the more it stick, guessing it has to do with temperature and the @!*% thats in my throttle body, makes it like glue... ive had it for a year and a half, no sluotion yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Yes the symptons you describe sound exactly like those of a dirty throttle body. Altitude is definitely a factor. I've always believe less o2 in the higher altitudges, so car has to compensate by running more fuel/richer for combustion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinBen Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I just cleaned my throttle butterfly valve, lots of black gunk in there. Haven't had it stick since. Re the Altitude, the ECU should look after the problem and using all the O2 sensor and the Exhaust gas sensor, should compensate the mixture. When flying in a gas engined aircraft, as you climb, you "LEAN" the mixture, not make it richer. Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 When flying in a gas engined aircraft, as you climb, you "LEAN" the mixture, not make it richer.Cheers Colin Yes thats what I meant. TY! -alcohol- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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