i just took my throttlebody off and then put it all back together and now i have my engine light on and my traction light on, and it says engine power reduced, service esc, service traction control.... what the hell did i do!??

 

sounds like you mixed up some sensors.

 

i didnt take any sensors off

 

sounds like you didn't plug something back in or you have a major vacuum leak from a line that didn't get plugged back in.

 

i didnt unplug any sensors or vacuums, i tried to take the black thing off of the throttlebody but i couldnt get it off so i just clipped it back on

 

first. calm down.


next unplug ur battery for 15 min and try again.

then look over everything carefully and make sure all vacuum and electrical connections are secure. take the TB connection off and make sure non of the pins are bent.

 

make sure the throttle body is on straight and the bolts are tightened all the way....vacuum leak at base of throttle body.

 

how do u even take off the TB connection? ur talkin about the sensor right

 

well since I don't have a 2.4 I can only guess that there should be a maf sensor and maybe the throttle controll sensor, are they throttlle bodies fly by wire on 2.4s?

 

Did did you remove the butterfly? It has very tight tolerances and if you don't line it up just right it will snag for a second and send the car into limp mode.

 

whats the butterfly? i tried to remove the black flat spot w/ the sensor on it, but couldnt get it all the way off... so i just clipped it back on... is that what the problem is ??? if so how do i remove it completely so i can line it back up right

 

The center piece inside the TB that move to let the air in.

 

Yeah, you're ok. Just calm down, take the throttle body back off, make sure everything is clean and make sure it's plugged into the harness good, reinstall it carefully and you should be fine. Unplug battery for 15 mins wouldn't hurt either.

 

no i didnt remove the butterfly

i really didnt remove anything thats why i dont understand what went wrong

i took it back off and i took the little chrome clamps off the black thing again and noticed the orange i guess its a type of o-ring or something... but anyways, the orange thing wasnt around the edge, it was actually up in , so i worked it back to the edges and put the black thing back on... COULD that have been the problem??

 

Start it up and and and see.

 

unhook the battery now and see if that was your problem

take some pics

 

well i started it up and everything still came on, but i just unhooked the battery and i guess i'll see if that works... i'm so stumped =[

nope, didnt work... lol i'm so fucked

 

u made sure to do it for 10 min right? that resets all your codes.

it honestly sounds like a vacuum leak. you might have bent the TB blade. its pretty easy to do.

 

 

not much could go wrong according to the pics

as long as the gasket between the intake manifold and the throttle body is seated correctly then it should be OK.

let us know if it acts up when you start it back up.

 

piece of **** code still is comeing up ... power reduced, traction control .... safkljasfkl

 

is the butterfly moving?

have someone go out and rev the engine while you watch it.

something is goofy here.

anuone else have any ideas?

 

uninstall SLOWLY and reinstall SLOWLY

 

did you take the throttle body apart to paint it?

aka: removed the black housing off the blue housing?

 

no i couldnt get the black thing off so i just taped it