How do you get the FREAKING thing off???
Talking about the one going from the right(passenger) valve cover to the intake.
Also, the bulletin I was reading said to clean the throttle body and bore, but does not say how, so if someone could answer that I would appreciate it greatly. Are they talking about just using a cleaner or is there a process?

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I think my breather tube is different on the XKR, but if its the ribbed thick plastic one you should be able to just press together on the circumference of it on the part where it connects to the valve cover, and it should pull right off.

To clean the TB is pretty straightforward though. Take the intake off. Make sure you're in a clean area as you don't want anything falling down there (better to do this in the garage under cover, just in case). You should see the TB with the butterfly closed. Take a "carb cleaner", and spray around the inside, and clean with a rag. Then, open up the butterfly (it's spring loaded so a bit tricky, but doable), and with it open you can now clean the inside of the TB. I believe on my XKR I had to have the ignition on in order to be able to open the TB.

Some people also start the car up and have someone give it a bit of gas to open the butterfly up naturally, while spraying cleaner in there. I don't like this method personally as it bogs the car down when you spray the cleaner in there, and often sets a code. BTW the cleaner should be used to wet the inside of the TB and your rag, not to create a pool of cleaner at the bottom of the TB

Many also use a product like "Seafoam" to clean the TB, PCV Valve, and injectors. Youtube it if you'd like to see it in action.

Good luck!

 

Thanks, I guess I was not squeezing hard enough.

 

That won't work anyways because the MAF is out of the circuit with the intake tube removed.