Throttle body plate- is not moving (car is off)

You should be able to move it, it has a bit of resistance when pushing against it but it should move... Try spray some throttle body cleaner and then push on it..

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Turn Car OFF.....

 

In my Gen 3, car OFF is all you need. No fussing with anything else required.

If the car is ON, it has an angle where it wants the throttle plate to be. If you try to move the plate then, the car will notice and push back.

 

The car must be powered off.

If the car is powered on, it will fight you moving the throttle plate, and you will not be able to move it.

The car must be off.

 

There is a decent amount of force required to initially move the throttle plate from its closed(resting) position. However, once that spot is overcome, the plate can be held open fairly easily. Make sure that before you turn the car on that all connections are plugged back in. The car will run and drive if the TB is unplugged, but it will be battery only, and the car will be very sluggish. Don’t ask me how I know, LoL.

 

My recollection is opening it with a finger feels a bit like winding up a wind-up toy. It shouldn't really be much harder than that (with the power off!!).

Of course you push down on the side of the plate that is already down, and it won't move any farther than full open, when it is straight up and down in the bore.

 

It takes a firm push to get the plate to rotate.

Again, car off.

And no need to disconnect MAP sensor or throttle body connectors.

To clean it thoroughly I like to remove the throttle body hold-down bolts/nuts and lift it right off. No need to disconnect coolant lines, they have enough slack. Torque values for those are 7 foot pounds IIRC. I'll verify and post correction in the morning, as needed.

Dutch Uncle time:

No offense, but if you're stymied by this chore, and insist on disconnecting everything under the sun, and are considering doing the cleaning with the car on, maybe better let someone else do it.

Or at the least, just slow down and think through what you're trying to do, use common sense.

 

That's the way to go.

7 foot pounds (torque for the throttle body hold-down bolts) is pretty low, best to use a 3/8" or 1/4" torque wrench. And go in a criss-cross pattern, a couple of tightening stages.0

If you don't have a torque wrench, I'd just one-hand a ratchet wrench, like a screw driver, tighten semi-firmly. They're small bolts, and you're snugging the throttle body up against a compressible gasket.