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[mathewst]

Can you simply spray a little carb cleaner in the throtle without taking it of the engine?
Will this do any harm?
Cannot take the throtle body off cause no gasket is available in the country and have to wait two weeks to get it from germany

[Bumbazor]

Gasket? Mine uses two green o-rings. Is that what you say is not available in your country?

Just seen yours is a 2.2, so don't know how different it is to V6, sorry.

[mathewst]

It looks like a headgasket, there is a pic in maintenace section on page 4.
So was thinking of just spraying some cleaner onto a body (cause cant wait two weeks) but need to know can I do it like this
Also I need to clean the egr valve, know there is "how to" but looks like its a real bugger to remove it

[jimmas]

no you really need to remove it, when you tip it upside down and clean under the butterfly you will find a very small air hole, and this will deffo be blocked, need to push a small pin/needle into it and unblock, can not be done in situ, just done mine at the weekend, easy job 

[mathewst]

Ok thanks Jimmas

[tigers_gonads]

remove it mate 
i used a mixture of carb / brake cleaner and oven cleaner 
Not at the same time tho 

an old toothbrush comes in handy too 

[mathewst]

Was thinking of removing it but didn't know that now I'll have to wait two weeks to get a gasket for it

[JamesV6CDX]

buy some gasket paper and a little sealant and make one, if it's an emergency?

[mathewst]

Thanks for the advice James

[tigers_gonads]

i've always just used a bit of gasket sealent and never had a problem 
as long as both faces are very clean and dry then i can't see any problems.

[mathewst]

If you put the original new part do you also need to put the sealant or not?

[tigers_gonads]

i don't think a little bit of sealant will hurt 

just make sure the faces on the parts are clean