Hey guys, how are you doing, I am a question to ask. I was driving my car home today when all of a sudden on the check panel the coolant light came on. I thought I was maybe low on coolant, but when I pull into the garage, I smell the coolant, bad. I pop the hood and the coolant is pissing out of the throttle body housing. Has this ever happened to anyone before? I suppose I need a new throttle body and refill the fluid? Anyone have any info on this, it would be greatly appreciated.
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no theres is a housing on the throttle body for coolant to flow though it, in order to heat up the butteryfly, so it doesn't freeze, in colder climates. you have two options.
1. remove the throttlle body and make a gasket with the "fel - pro" gasket making material, forgot the part number sorry.
2. bypass the throttle body, just join the two hoses together, and don't worry it won't hurt anything, and i highly doubt it will freeze unless you live in alaska.
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Spaz, the reason for the throttle body coolant is warm up time is greatly sead up producing less hydrocarbons. And n the Communist state of Massachusetts, New York and California where cars are regulated strictly for emissions you need to have this.
It sounds like a simply fix, could be house or failure of simply part of thermostat in t body. Very easy fix.
I imagine anyone of us handy NE dudes would be happy to turn some wrenches to help you out.
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thanks for the info greg, I will post a picture in a few minutes of the spot where the leak happened.Comment
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Simple fix. It's a gasket failure. The screws that hold them in tend to get seized so it will need some wd-40 more than likely. I am sure anyone of the NE boys would have a spare to swap it in the mean time till you can fix the gasket. I don't have one in stock at present time and I am without wheels as my reason is steath at the moment.
Dan Teague (ModifiedE30) might have one lying around or Chapel. Give the pm on our usergroup. NE chapter.
Band together Red Sox gents it's gonna be a long season again.Comment
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Oh so greg its just a small gasket solely for the coolant area on the throttle body? Here I was going to get a whole throttle body, do you think a place like bavauto would have the gasket? This just made my day because I was very worried about the whole thing, I just had major surgery on the car if you know what I mean.Comment
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You might need a new throttle body but I doubt it. I can't see in detail from the photo but there are 4 screws that hold that plate to the rest of the throttle body. You need to have gaskets to seal things properly and as the get old you know the drill. So most likely it's a failure.Comment
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Greg, you are the man without a doubt, thank-you. Do you know of any local places I could pick the gasket up? I know the usual shops but what would you suggest since you know MA pretty well as NH?Comment
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You might be able to make one from just gasket material.Comment
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I bypassed the one on my 325 a long time ago and it's been passing CA smog just fine ever since. I even went so far as to put a bolt to plug the outlet hole in the block, and weld the fitting on the other end shut too.Adam Fogg- '88 M3
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Doesn't Cali do the dyno method for emissions? The take readings in two step process correct. And the go over you engine with fine tooth comb asking for C.A.R.B. paper work on something that doesn't look stock?Originally posted by AdamF 88iS
So How do you get your's passed?Comment
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Yes and yes.
But the smog guy isn't a BMW expert. They would ask for papers if I had a big header or something in there...
It runs just the same anyhow. It never gets cold enough around here for it to make a difference.Adam Fogg- '88 M3
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True he or she may not be an expert but the have poked their heads under enough hoods to know where the hoses are supposed to go.Originally posted by AdamF 88iS
My Audi was failed due to a crack in a tail light area that didn't even have a light bulb in it and it's not subject to arguement at the new style of inspection.
If yours passes great I know that here in Mass with the -08 degree weather we were having you want this function. If not your car will run rich for excessive time and fowl your O2 sensor. Moral of story is to just fix it properly. And you welded aluminum?
So lets not try to get into a war here cause it's not needed.Comment
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You can TIG weld aluminum, yea. And true, in sub zero temps I would leave it on. But knowing that it's always the #1 coolant leak on these cars, and that it doesn't have much purpose in my climate I ditched it.
No war here, just another perspective. I didn't mean this in any sort of aggressive way and I apologize if it seemed as such.Adam Fogg- '88 M3
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