Well either way. One is more involved including removing parts to clean. Then my way  I tell you I had soo much gunk. When I opened the fly on the TB and shinned a flash light in there. My self and Greg could not believe what we saw. It was horrible. Just looked like gobs of sea weed back in there. Once we did the cleaning we could actuall see metal I don't think leaving the filter off on a clear night in the drive way is going to cause any pain. I know daily driving like that will Who knows with my luck something could have happened!!!! Originally posted by Krafty:
Personally I wouldn't recommend running the car while cleaning the throttle body. I think you run too much of a risk of something getting sucked into your engine that just shouldn't be there. I realize you may get the cleaner to flow a little better since the engine is actually pulling in air and all but the risk to me is just too large for the small rewards you may gain.
If you don't have the time or tools to do a full intake cleaning I would recommend just taking off the MAF and inlet tube and just shoot the cleaner right into the throttle body and intake manifolds. Realize though that it would be much better to take the manifolds off and clean them while they are off the car to get them really clean.
Just my $.02
Merlin
281hp 324tq
Timing 14' FP 36,24lbs,190lph,75Maf,65tb,cobra upper&lower,B303, GT-40 Crate with X al heads, Mac shorties, Off Road H,2chamber Flow's dumped, Tokico 5wys, Hotichkis Ctrl Arms, Alum Drive shaft, 3.73, Sub Frame,Steeda Tri-Ax, 94 Seats Drivers side powered.
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