Throttle Body: Service and Repair

Throttle Body









Removal and Installation

1. If equipped, remove the 4 nuts and the strut tower cross brace.
- To install, tighten to 35 Nm (26 lb-ft).





2. NOTE: The engine appearance cover rubber grommets may remain on the cover. If so, remove the grommets from the cover and install them on the intake manifold before installing the cover.

Remove the engine appearance cover.





3. Remove the Air Cleaner (ACL) outlet pipe. For additional information, refer to Intake Air Distribution and Filtering Diagrams.

4. Disconnect the electronic throttle control electrical connector.

5. Remove the 4 bolts and the Throttle Body (TB)
- Discard the gasket.

- To install, tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in) plus an additional 45 degrees.

6. NOTE: Install a new TB gasket.

To install, reverse the removal procedure.