Learn how this simple maintenance item can have a huge impact on your engines performance, and how you can do it yourself.

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 ...

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The throttle body controls airflow into an engine. For fuel-injected engines it’s usually housed between the air filter and intake manifold. Keeping this component clean can help your vehicle deliver ...

Throttle body cleaning is a necessary part of vehicle maintenance since the throttle body plays a significant role in the smooth running of the engine. The purpose of the throttle body is to control ...

How much power is a throttle body upgrade worth? The question seems simple enough, but the answer is somewhat less so. Power gains seem to range from a little as 0 hp to as much as 25-30 hp. It seems ...

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.

Certain units of the 2021 GMC Canyon pickup equipped with the Duramax turbodiesel 2.8L I4 LWN engine are included in a new Special Coverage bulletin The General has just issued, related to a throttle ...

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 ...

GM has issued a Special Coverage notification for certain 2021 Chevy Colorado pickup units describing a coverage extension related to a throttle body issue in trucks motivated by the Duramax ...