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  • Oil in throttle body?

    I dont know if this is a problem or not, but I was taking my nitrous system out (coverting to wet shot) and I took off my MAF screen and there was a small puddle of oil in the bottom of the TB. Is this bad?

    I have never seen or heard of having oil in it so I do I have a serious problem or is this normal?
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    1997 Camaro RS A4
    2006 Chevy Colorado
    2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R

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    Re: Oil in throttle body?

    do you have a K&N filter on your car? If so that is where the oil came from. I usually have some in my tb a bit when I take my screen off
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      Re: Oil in throttle body?

      I do have a K&N filter but this isnt filter cleaner, its motor oil.
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      2006 Chevy Colorado
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      • #4
        Re: Oil in throttle body?

        do we have crankshaft ventilation systems?
        the only other thing i can think of right now which doesnt make too much since because of gravity and vaccum is leaking valve seals.
        2000 3.8 A4 Pewter Camaro

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        • #5
          Re: Oil in throttle body?

          thats bizarre
          2k2 camaro, K&N, SLP whisper lid, Konis, AEM, HP Tuners, Angel eyes/Halos, CF SS ram air hood, 4.10s, Zexel Torsen, UMI SFCs, CrossFire, BFGs, Gatorback, Catco, Flows, and TLC! DONT feed the Trolls!

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          • #6
            Re: Oil in throttle body?

            Originally posted by BLLDOGG
            do we have crankshaft ventilation systems?
            the only other thing i can think of right now which doesnt make too much since because of gravity and vaccum is leaking valve seals.
            I was thinking along the same lines. Now I am having more trouble with the ignition system. It takes like 5-7 seconds before the dam thing finally kicks over and starts. Then it throws the P300 'Multiple Random Misfire' code.

            Ugh. I am considering gettin rid of it if these problems keep coming up like this. It just isnt worth the money...
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            2006 Chevy Colorado
            2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R

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            • #7
              Re: Oil in throttle body?

              Ah dont say that, you have such a cool car.
              2000 3.8 A4 Pewter Camaro

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              • #8
                Re: Oil in throttle body?

                The oil is from your pcv, I have had oil in the throttle body before but I did the pcv mod when I was boosted. You could check your pcv to see if it working properly but I thought it was normal to have a little oil in the throttle body from the pcv. You could always block the pcv hole and throw on a oil cap breather.
                08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
                96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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                • #9
                  Re: Oil in throttle body?

                  Originally posted by 97rs4life
                  do you have a K&N filter on your car? If so that is where the oil came from. I usually have some in my tb a bit when I take my screen off
                  does it matter if that screen is there or not? i took it off cause i feel like it lets less air into the engine.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Oil in throttle body?

                    I have an angled TB and if I take out the MAF screen it idles really rough. I tried it. ;)
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                    2006 Chevy Colorado
                    2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R

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                    • #11
                      Re: Oil in throttle body?

                      leave the screen on. i'm too lazy to find the link but somebody posted a good write up on exactly why you shouldn't pull the screen. here are the cliffnotes:
                      1. pull the screen off your kitchen sink. see how the water comes out all uncontrollably and random. compare to how nice and even the flow is when the sink is in. if you were a maf sensor, which one would you wanna try and measure?
                      2. i've seen stuff get caught in that screen. grass blades, etc. you get the idea. dunno how it got there, dunno y, but it did and the maf screen saved me.

                      basically, unless you're viper04af or have a motor like his thats sucking in THAT much air, its dumb to pull it. btw, be VERY gentle with the little thing. its fragile.

                      another btw, get some maf sensor cleaner from napa (i think its just run-of-the-mill electronics cleaner but w/e) and spray that stuff good all over the sensor. if there're oil on it, it'll pull all sortsa weird codes. besides, its like 5 bucks fer a can
                      Last edited by Camaro Dom; 06-27-2006, 12:49 AM.
                      2000 3.8L Camaro A4 Pewter Y87<br />K&N Filter, SLP Ram Air kit, Eibach Pro Kit, Flowmaster 80 series, Silverstars, NGK plugs and MSD Super Conductor Wires, Electric Water Pump

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