alan <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<ca059r$iqf$1@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> When I first took it out, it was fairly clean inside and made a light
> rattling noise when shaken. If you blow gently from the intake side,
> air will pass through, but if you blow slightly harder, it stops.
>
> I then cleaned it out with throttle body cleaner. Now it rattles more
> loudly, and I have to blow harder before the valve closes. Does this
> sound about right?

No. replacing it for $5 sounds about right.

JM