What the heck is a throttle body? We have a 2007 Toyota 4Runner with 85,000 miles and a 2011 Toyota Venza with 45,000 miles. Our Toyota dealer is pushing us to service the “throttle body.” I agreed to ...

Dear Car Talk: What the heck is a throttle body? We have a 2007 Toyota 4Runner with 85,000 miles and a 2011 Toyota Venza with 45,000 miles. Our local Toyota dealer is pushing us to service the ...

After cleaning, allow the throttle body to air-dry completely. Most cleaners evaporate quickly, but waiting ensures that no ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The throttle body is a vital component of a fuel-injected internal combustion engine. It has a pivoting butterfly valve or throttle plate to ...

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.

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 ...

Often taken for granted, producing power from a naturally aspirated engine is difficult. Simply put, there are fewer options when compared to forced induction applications where, often times, all that ...

We're going to give you three words that strike fear into the hearts of many hot rodders, even more so than "wiring" or "upholstery." Electronic fuel injection. There, we said it! But the simple fact ...