Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Pics and Videos 3 weeks after cleaning the secondaries this is what they look like

Makes you want to clean them once a month. I was suprised how dirty they got after just that long. The car wasn't even driven that much. Maybe 2-300 miles.

Ewww

all that work for nothing? If you have to do that every month, it isn't really worth it.

That's why I just decided to spray them with TB Cleaner while still on the car. Loosen a bracket, pull off the intake hose and spray as directed. Smoothes out the throttle without worries of leaking gaskets and wasted work.

They may not look at good, but they work just as well.

Here are some pictures from the same car before the first time we cleaned them.

Damn! Pollo, what was the mileage when you first cleaned it?

E1SVT> what brand of TB cleaner do you use?

About 50,xxx. It is a 98 SVT.

Jesus I wonder what my 96 SE's look like with 140k on them..... i dont even want to look!!

I did mine LIM and UIM after 90k and then after 100k. They were just as bad after 90k as after 100k. I couldn't get much of the gunk below the LIM where the valves are. I was afraid of it dropping into the cylinders, yes I did use a shopvac.

I will do this every 6 month from now on.

Berryman's (B12?) from Autozone is by far the best, Gunk, STP, and another generic can't compare.