Coolant leak underneath throttle body ??
03-12-2013, 02:30 PM
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Coolant leak underneath throttle body ?? Hey everyone, I recently swapped a 2004 Chevy LQ9 into my 01' jeep wrangler.... I have a coolant leak from this barb end that is located underneath the throttle body.... Does anyone know if I can block this thing off or does it need to be hooked up to something else I may be missing ?? Thanks !
03-12-2013, 02:32 PM
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Pics? Is it the one that goes from the block to the tb then the tb to the radiator? If do just take the clamp off of it n put a new clamp on it to keep on tight
03-12-2013, 03:31 PM
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I hacked off the whole boss and used a bit of stainless
tubing to connect the two hose segments. The only
time the heater is useful, is in near freezing high humidity
(TB icing). If you don't live in that kind of place, chop
chop.
tubing to connect the two hose segments. The only
time the heater is useful, is in near freezing high humidity
(TB icing). If you don't live in that kind of place, chop
chop.
03-12-2013, 04:39 PM
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Just as jimmyblue said, bypass it. I live in new england and have yet to have any issues with my tb freezing up.
If this is the other side of the connection, in the attached image, you're talking about then yes, that's the throttle body coolant passage. Not really needed. Just run a jumper piece between the two hoses and be done with it.
Don't mind the dirty engine, pic was from when I first got her.
If this is the other side of the connection, in the attached image, you're talking about then yes, that's the throttle body coolant passage. Not really needed. Just run a jumper piece between the two hoses and be done with it.
Don't mind the dirty engine, pic was from when I first got her.
03-16-2013, 12:57 AM
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yea performance Throttle bodies don't even have the coolant ports. Just bypass it and cap the ports. I've seen people hack them off and permanently plug them. My ported stocker has them removed.
