Intake Cleaner vs Carb Cleaner

[RYS13]

I'm planning on cleaning my IAC valve using the spray-through IAC tube method. I have a bottle of carb cleaner but I'm hearing that I should be using Intake cleaner instead. What's the difference? Carb cleaner should work fine shouldn't it?

[ledzeppelin240]

Oops...All I have used is intake cleaner we have a work, and that electrical cleaner too. So now I know carb cleaner is different...

[RYS13]

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[!Zar!]

Bullshit.
Carb cleaner is too harsh.

Use intake cleaner. There is a reason why there are two diffrent types.

Using carb cleaner on your maf will straight fuck your shit up.

[Bay_Area_sr20det]

never use carb cleaner it melts plastic. and mafs.... and paint, skin... and alot of stuff stuck to your choke on a carb. ok maby not skin but i wouldnt use it on anything plastic or ruber. seafoam might work.. i ran some through my vacumm lines.

[juice.def]

yea there right dont use the carb cleaner and they also make a special maf cleaner if you wanna clean your maf its a couple bucks at local auto part stores.

[Bay_Area_sr20det]

ohh ya i think ive seen that stuff in a car mag, it said that a bmw gained something like 4 hp on the dyno using that stuff... sure... but i guess it would make sence.. like grounding your coil to a better ground, and stuff like that.

[S14DB]

Never get anything that is chlorinated. It will fuck your day up.

Get MAF/contact cleaner for anything electrical.