Thanks, was it necessary to take the throttle body Apart. I’m assuming for more space and did you need to put on a new throttle body gasket and intake manifold gaskets. And I noticed after the car sitting for hours, after I unbolted and pulled up the manifold, there was more coolant coming out. I didn’t know what the hell was going on
You’ll need to either take the tb off the manifold or disconnect the hose on the bottom of the tb. Either one will work... I did change my gaskets on both the intakes and the throttle body, but not necessary if they are in good shape. You do need to pull the manifold out. It likely is possible to do the repair with it in, but I can’t see how I could have done it without removal.
Yeah, mine was a very small amount but because it sits at a lower point on the engine, it’s likely that the coolant just keeps settling to that point from the hoses. When you moved the manifold, the back is connected to the wire loom, which is connected to the pipe; any disturbance to that loom could give enough force to expand your crack or accelerate your leak.
My independent lr mechanic said the back crossover pipes never leak...guess we need to start playing the lottery...
All and all the repair is not a bad one to do. It took me a total of about 2-2.5 hours, start to finish but had to wait on the part which made it a two day repair.
