My F150 Needed This! | Throttle Body Clean / Relearn Procedure

In this video I show you step by step on removing, cleaning and doing the relearn procedure for your electronic throttle body on your ford vehicle.

[@608standrews]

Just followed your great video and works lots better. Thanks for posting

[@5.0jeffro79]

Awesome thanks! I’m glad I could help!

[@jasonkinder1448]

Great explanation. Easy to see and understand. Thank you.

[@5.0jeffro79]

Thanks for watching! Glad I could help!

[@darrelchovanec9150]

I agree! good job!

[@5.0jeffro79]

@@darrelchovanec9150thank you!

[@mossyoak7477]

When do you turn back on the lights, A/C, and radio? After the 15 minute idle one by one? Thanks for the help.

[@5.0jeffro79]

I turned them on after the truck got up to temps. But you can turn them on right when you get in the truck to let it idle and then test drive.

[@Jacvibes]

Anytime doing work and you have an engine that dirty use some compressed air to clear the area.

[@5.0jeffro79]

Motor wasn’t that dirty. I have seen far worse where I would blow it off. I usually wipe motor down ever 6 months.

[@stevethompson1014]

Thank you 😊

[@5.0jeffro79]

No problem! Glad I could help.

[@07blackfx4]

How long did you hook up the jumper from the negative lead to positive post? Thanks

[@5.0jeffro79]

I say it in the video but 2-3 minutes is a good amount of time. It gives it enough time to do what it needs to do.

[@Jumpnjacksdaddy]

Install a motorcraft oil separator. You will be surprised how much oil it collects that doesn’t go back into your engine. It keeps everything clean from oil residue

[@5.0jeffro79]

Yea I’m thinking about doing one or one on both sides but I heard you only need one.

[@Jumpnjacksdaddy]

@@5.0jeffro79 only the one on passenger side that goes back into intake. I also installed a throttle spacer. A 3” turn down FX muffler system. At 80 Mph I will averge 20/21 mpg. Oil separator, throttle spacer, FX muffler, CAI all made my 2014 5.0 go from 15 to 20 mpg. I installed all this back in 2020 and my truck has 150,000 miles and run very good.

[@tylerdancy3868]

I’m wanting to do this to my 11’ it’s got 244k and I’m sure it’s never been done. The relearn part is the only thing I’m worried about. I don’t have the jump connecters is it a have to? Or away around it? Or is this just a dumb question

[@5.0jeffro79]

I am not sure if there is another way. I think there is actually but I don’t know it. However, these jump connectors are very cheap. You can get them at an auto part store or Amazon.

[@bernieramirez8847]

Some scanner tools have throttle body/idle relearning procedures. The scanner does it all without playing with battery

[@MM-ig2zq]

You don’t need them just connect the negative pole.

[@5.0jeffro79]

@@MM-ig2zq​​⁠yea I stated that in the video I was sure you can just do that and keep it off the whole time. I mean it makes sense to me just doing that but I went ahead and just did it the “right” way.

[@mgonzales5640]

Will a dirty throttle body cause your f150 to randomly turn off when reaching a stop? Mine turns off randomly when I come to a stop sign, park or stop at a red light.... Its not throwing any codes at all and repair shop cant figure out what it is. Can a dirty throttle body casue this ti happen at random? It seems like it doesnt do it when 1st driving but after about an hour of running errands it will start to turn off randomly after doung a complete stop. My f150 is a 2015. Can you olease help me?

[@5.0jeffro79]

I am not sure on that. But I will tell you about a month ago I came to a stop sign and my truck shut off as well. And my throttle body is clean because of this video. It threw no code or anything. Hasn’t done it since. First thing you should check is fuse 27. The fuel pump fuse. They like to melt on these trucks and there is a relocation kit you need to do. Start there. I have that kit so that’s not my issue but that could be yours failing. And at least you will have an answer if your fuse looks burnt.

[@mgonzales5640]

@@5.0jeffro79 Thank you!!!

[@txcpprhd8929]

My 15 v8 did the same, turned out to be the cam phasers

[@baileyzmann]

Didn’t disconnect the battery before disconnecting and cleaning the throttle body and it’s throwing multiple codes and it instantly stalls out. Any advice?

[@5.0jeffro79]

Have you tried disconnecting the battery for 30 mins then reconnecting it and trying? That will give the truck time to reset some modules.

[@baileyzmann]

@@5.0jeffro79 i hadn’t done 30m but I’ll do that. I think I had done 15m and tried to do the relearn but nothing yet. I’ll update you thank you

[@5.0jeffro79]

@@baileyzmannI would think that 15 mins would be enough but I have read a few places that 30 mins seems to work for clearing some modules. It’s like if your battery died and you ran to get another battery. Take you 30 mins to an hour and When you put it in and hook it up your truck has to relearn shifts and Everything because it was disconnected.

[@baileyzmann]

@@5.0jeffro79 still just stalling out for me. I’m getting codes P0122, P0223, and U0422. Thinking I might’ve somehow messed up the throttle body when cleaning it but I’m not sure how I would’ve done that.

[@5.0jeffro79]

@@baileyzmann​​⁠could have. Google those codes and read about them. But those are some symptoms of a bad throttle body for sure.

[@notacreativehandle]

I do not recommend putting any sort of jumpers, especially from the negative cable to the positive post. Disconnect the battery works fine. If you’re really anal, turn the lights on and off and cycle the key with the negative disconnected.

[@5.0jeffro79]

This is just fords procedure and even a tech I know told me I could do it like that. But yes you can just unhook the battery

[@notacreativehandle]

@@5.0jeffro79 Makes sense and it worked

[@iesaralegui]

Electrically speaking you are grounding everything. It is helping you to discharge all the capacitor or any device that may store energy.

[@5.0jeffro79]

@@iesaralegui​​⁠yes the words I wanted to say but didn’t do a good job haha

[@Jacvibes]

Was it idling funny or is this just maintenance?

[@5.0jeffro79]

Just maintenance but after I did it and the relearn the truck idled way better.

[@juana4292]

Dude why you look like the guy from “Gas station encounters “ “She gone”!!

[@5.0jeffro79]

I had to look up what that was haha

[@iatecrayonssfmf4002]

That throttle body will not chop your finger clean off..😅😂

[@5.0jeffro79]

If you left it plugged in and it did a sweep I bet your fingers will hurt when it closes back on them. Maybe not chop off but you will get a nice wake up call. Once it’s off it shouldn’t do a sweep.