duckman631
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- Jan 9, 2019
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Ram Year
- 2016 Big Horn Crew Cab
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7 K&N Cold Air Intake.
2016 5.7. 88,000 mi. Received a billet catch can for Christmas. Between this and that and the weather, I finally got a free day with relatively decent temps and no rain. Wanted to do the throttle body cleaning before installing the catch can. I watched a you tube vid and I must say, taking off the throttle body was super easy. It did have a heavy ring of buildup right along the butterfly contact points so it had to be effecting the opening and closing. The butterfly itself was pretty clean and there was some overall buildup on the bore above and below the butterfly. I used non chlorinated brake cleaner on a rag, tooth brush and lots of Q tips. After it was almost sparkly new, I did give a few direct sprays to get a couple pieces between the bore wall and the butterfly making sure to hold the electronics at the top so the spray runs down and away. After reinstall, I did the catch can. Neighbor came over and was talking to me as I was wrapping up catch can install and reinstalling the intake tube. After neighbor left, I realized I forgot to put the hemi cover back on. Had to take off the intake tube again (KN CAI) and put on the cover. It was harder to get that damn cover back on than it was to do the TB removal, cleaning and reinstall.
Not sure if it’s just me but the truck seems to have more power when I hit the gas and seems to get up and go a lot smoother too. Cant believe dealer would want like $200 to do a TB cleaning and there is no way they would have done what I did With the same amount of care. Probably just would have sprayed crap in there and sent me on my way.
Not sure if it’s just me but the truck seems to have more power when I hit the gas and seems to get up and go a lot smoother too. Cant believe dealer would want like $200 to do a TB cleaning and there is no way they would have done what I did With the same amount of care. Probably just would have sprayed crap in there and sent me on my way.