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I can't find a guide, seeing as its my first time i don't don't wanna f**k it up.
My car feels REALLY sluggish under acceleration recently, which sucks, only started recently and i've read that this *could* be a cause.

Anyway, i did have one on here, but i can't find it anymore.

Any chance someone could either give me a decent guide or some pictures please.
Hardest bit i've seen to so far is actually getting the air box off etc...

i'd be interested in this to

"To clean it without removal:

Purchase some carb cleaner from halfords.
Remove your air box
Spray some cleaner on a rag and wipe the throttle body until visably clean.
Get some to start the engine up and rev it up to around 4-5k, pulsing the pedal. As the butterfly flap opens spray the carb cleaner continuously into the TB. Use around a quarter to third of the can.
Keeping the car running, take it for a good spin after to burn off excess cleaner."

tim_gti posted this on a previous post, hope that helps! =]

Yep, that's it.

The airbox is never a harder thing to remove, just a few screws.

Incase anybody doesn't know what the throttle body looks like, it's here:

this is what you'll find upon removing the airbox,

And this is a clean throttle body:

ahhh interesting

think i might have to give this a go, keep things tidy

Same.
Only thing i'm worried about is having to re-align the throttle body afterwards because i don't have easy access to VAG-com...

I've done it twice to mine now, and to a mates also. And never encountered the problem.

Brad. wrote:Same.
Only thing i'm worried about is having to re-align the throttle body afterwards because i don't have easy access to VAG-com...

Disconnect the battery for around 15-20 minutes to ensure all power is drained from the ecu, then re-connect battery and leave the key turned to ignition for around 30 seconds (dont start the engine). You should hear some clicking which basically means the ecu is re-configuring the throttle body, after 30 seconds you can start your engine.

The method NFS has mentioned does not work on all engine though. It only works on a select few engine codes.

As long as you dont touch the butterfly valve it will be fine - use wynns carb cleaner spray on it, which will remove the need to wipe it with a cloth due to the high pressure of the can.

^^^^doesnt work on the engine code AUA, had to have my re-aligned due to cleaning mine, was a right pain in the arse, had to keep disconnecting the battery every 30 seconds due to the car not revving at all!