throttle body coolent tube bypass
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oh, that makes sense.. AT what outside temp will it affect engine and how? I have had to take off my intake at least three times and i remember now i had leaks and had a **** of a hard time getting one hose back on. i think im going to bypass that.
HotRodKid
mmmmm ... turbo
-ease of intake r&i
-because its meant to heat the throttle body, and that's only useful if you live someplace cold enough for the TB to ice up
-because its meant to heat the throttle body, and that's only useful if you live someplace cold enough for the TB to ice up
deercrusher
never running!
exactly.... The idea of the throttle body warming is for - say Canadians and North Dakota kind of cold. It is to keep the throttle plate from freezing open and causing Prius type of crashes.
luigisho
SHO Member
Leave it hooked up for the winter. Midwest still sees mighty cold temps in the frosty season.
Tecchie
SHO Member
I live in Washington State and have no issues of icing up, and if you had leaks taking the hoses off when you took the intake off without doing the bypass, then you probably did something wrong, like REMOVING the hoses..
What I did was un did the two hex bolts and that left the coolant hoses attached to the block that is now disconnected/unbolted from the intake..
I still bypassed mine, a few bolts to take off, vacume hoses, and wiring harness and done..
What I did was un did the two hex bolts and that left the coolant hoses attached to the block that is now disconnected/unbolted from the intake..
I still bypassed mine, a few bolts to take off, vacume hoses, and wiring harness and done..
SuperHO
Mental Patient
every SHO i've owned has had it done, including my 98, and i've never once had a sticky throttle.
hawkeye18
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My wife's SHO has gone through at least two Wisconsin winters with the bypass done and it hasn't affected crap. And if it does by unfortunate miracle happen, it's called just turning the engine off, or shifting into neutral, then opening the engine bay up and banging the throttle body with a hard object to break the ice up, then twisting the throttle spring thingy by hand to get it free again.
Only in a very, very, very limited set of circumstances will the throttle body actually accumulate any ice.
Only in a very, very, very limited set of circumstances will the throttle body actually accumulate any ice.
SHOtimer
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Exactly. But, if it did - and somebody was killed their first question to Ford would be: "didn't you know this would happen, why didn't you prevent it, you are liable"
sho4life,
You can disconnect it and not worry at all.
Doug
raff18
frosty95mtx
On the other side what's wrong with keeping it hooked up
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^ Absolutely nothing. You live in Canada so I can understand you leaving them on, I would if I lived up there. Removing those two hoses is just is less to go wrong and less to remove and reinstall; that's the point here.
Just turn the car off and let it sit for a minute. The heat will melt it pretty quickly.
For cold weather cars, I recommend keeping it hooked up. Power-wise, you're not gaining or losing anything. The bypass does make removing the intake easier, but I try to do that as little as possible. I do have my TB bypassed, but the car only sees warm weather.
I believe Fred H. had his TB freeze up on him at one point.
For cold weather cars, I recommend keeping it hooked up. Power-wise, you're not gaining or losing anything. The bypass does make removing the intake easier, but I try to do that as little as possible. I do have my TB bypassed, but the car only sees warm weather.
I believe Fred H. had his TB freeze up on him at one point.
Brett
SHOs before HOs
I live in northeast mn and never had a problem with mine sticking.
SHOCH
Tommy Boy
FWIW I've left mine stock here in Chicago and it doesn't see winter driving. I'm with Jason on this, not alot of gain or loss.
hawkeye18
Sorta cares
There is some gain - no fiddling with coolant when you remove the intake. Also, it allows you to delete the coolant block between the IAC and the intake; this makes getting to those damned screws a lot easier.
Also - and I haven't seen this mentioned yet - coolant circulating at 180-200* through your throttle body cannot do wonders for air charge temperature.
Actually, I wonder if there is any correlation between people who have removed their TB coolant lines and people who have that warm start-up hesitation problem that's so prevalent?
Also, I want to congratulate OP on his first non-douchebaggy post in a while. We'll make a good member out of you yet.
Also - and I haven't seen this mentioned yet - coolant circulating at 180-200* through your throttle body cannot do wonders for air charge temperature.
Actually, I wonder if there is any correlation between people who have removed their TB coolant lines and people who have that warm start-up hesitation problem that's so prevalent?
Also, I want to congratulate OP on his first non-douchebaggy post in a while. We'll make a good member out of you yet.
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