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Is "carb" clean safe to use on a 4.6L with a plastic intake? Or is there a better product to use to clean my intake system. My car has 57200mi on it and it's never even had a tune up yet  . So I figured I would clean up the fuel system/intake tract before I put some new plugs in her. I've heard Ford uses a "special" coating on the throttle plates on these older mod blocks. Any useful hints or tricks would be cool. T.I.A Kyle
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In the works: Mustang with a big block
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there was supposed to be a special coating on the throttle plates ou our cars too...if it was there, it didn't do crap. so don't worry about ruining it. I don' tknow about using carb cleaner on plastics though...i don't think it'll hurt, but why don't you grab a piece of scrap and test it out?
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that stuff is pretty powerful, it'll strip paint off a UIM. I dunno how well plastic will hold up to it
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When I worked at a Ford dealership, we used the 3M brand stuff. It is safe for Teflon coated throttle bodies. Ironically, it is suposed to prevent the build up that accumulates anyways.
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Originally posted by platinum_drew:
that stuff is pretty powerful, it'll strip paint off a UIM. I dunno how well plastic will hold up to it
It held up ok against a Sterilite plastic container.
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Well, guess I'll go look at the bottles and see what they say. If I ruin my intake, it'll be an excuse to get a high flow BBK 
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Clairion HU, sub and amp
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true duals, headers, cobra MAF
In the works: Mustang with a big block
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Originally posted by CanadianContendr:
Well, guess I'll go look at the bottles and see what they say. If I ruin my intake, it'll be an excuse to get a high flow BBK
I heard the plastic Intake manifolds on the 4.6L T-bird V8 had wicked problems, like there was a recal because the intake manifold itself would shatter. One of my friends has a 97 Loaded T-bird and he had that problem at like 47K miles.
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That recall was for the thermostat housing/upper rad connect. They first made that piece out of cheap ABS plastic but recalled it to be replaced with a less problematic aluminum piece. I had the recall done before I imported the car into Canada.
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Thunderbird LX
Clairion HU, sub and amp
In the works:
true duals, headers, cobra MAF
In the works: Mustang with a big block
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