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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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somebody was tellin me that i should take apart my CAI and wipe out the inside of it with some carb cleaner and the inside of my mass air sensor and the same with the throttle body.....is this somethin good to do or would it be a waste of time
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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defenately do it. i did all that, got a new fuel fitler, and put in some fuel system cleaner and gained a couple mpg. so id say it was worth it.
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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should be doen with every oil change, what year is your car? heres a link on how to on 5.0L motors....
http://www.muscularmustangs.com/maintain.php
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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thanks alot im gonna go do that tonight
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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Default RE: cleaning intake and throttle body

a good site but does anyone have a site similar for our 99-04 V6 mustangs??????????


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should be doen with every oil change, what year is your car? heres a link on how to on 5.0L motors....
http://www.muscularmustangs.com/maintain.php
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:26 AM
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Default RE: cleaning intake and throttle body

It shouldn't be too hard. Take the instuctions for CAI and go backwards.
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