Throttle Body Cleaning... Now CEL

[maxpusher]

Hello,I did a throttle body cleaning yesterday. The car has about 53,000 miles. I saw the DIY video but was not aware that our throttle bodies were this sensitive.

I did the accelerator pedal, throttle valve, and idle air learning procedures but still get a high idle CEL. When I first tried it, I got a CEL right after performing the procedure. So I pulled the battery and did it again.

The CEL went away but the idle was alittle high. I drove around 50 miles with no CEL but the idle was around 950 rpm. I turned off the car and started again and am getting the CEL again. I am in the process of performing another restart.

What do you guys recommend I do? I still have my original warranty on the car. Could the TB be covered under warranty? I would like to hear your opinions. Thanks.

[Beancooker]

If the warranty is still valid, yes, the TB will be covered. Just make sure you don't tell them that you cleaned it. Then they would have reason to charge you.

I had a high idle, and when I did the idle reset and got it right, all was good.

You may also go out and drive the hell out of it. It will throw it into limp mode, and when you reset the ECU, it may reset the idle also.