water line to throttle body - needed?

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02-25-2023, 08:00 PM

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will O

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Carbon buildup, the water helps it from building up carbon

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Ditto on it not being needed. (Mine is disconnected)

However, I can't help but to wonder why it's there in the first place. I can't see that it does anything for emissions, so my next guess would be that it helps for those with cars in colder climates...

The water keeps carbon from building up in the exhaust, but I have seen where it will go bad and it will mess up the Cadillac converter‘s

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02-25-2023, 10:00 PM

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The water keeps carbon from building up in the exhaust, but I have seen where it will go bad and it will mess up the Cadillac converter‘s

Not quite. They are to keep the throttle body from icing up in cold climates, one reason why most guys delete these coolant lines as they are not really needed in most areas.
The TB does not affect the A/F ratio, so a rich mix won't happen, and the CATALYTIC converter is not affected.
You really should read up a bit more..... Cadillac converters??? Right.....
Besides all this, you replied to a FOURTEEN YEAR old thread....

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02-27-2023, 08:52 PM

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Some people are new to the internet, and to the world apparently...

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The water keeps carbon from building up in the exhaust, but I have seen where it will go bad and it will mess up the Cadillac converter‘s

Chemistry lesson bud....
Combustion of anything results in CO2 and H2O at minimum, there's your source of water in the exhaust, not from the engine coolant. If you think the steam line on the TB injects it into the engine, yea...

Oh, and Catalytic Convertor..