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Your car's throttle body is the part that connects several engine components, including the air intake and air filter. It also contains a butterfly valve that regulates how much air gets into the ...

Boy, do we get questions about the need for a throttle-body cleaning. Most come from people wondering whether the work is needed or the service shop is just trying to reach deeper into their pockets.

The throttle body is a housing with a valve that regulates airflow into an engine’s intake manifold. The throttle body resembles the base of a carburetor, and some low-cost fuel-injection systems had ...