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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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Question coolant leak question
Leaking coolant under throttle bodie sitting on edge of intake under im guessing the vaccum line? My question is were the coolant coming from if throttle body or intake?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 11:31 AM
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If it's near the throttle body, could be one of the heater lines going to the TB. Should be one on each side of it. Check to see if they're worn out or loose.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 11:38 AM
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I put new clamps and hoses on the throttle body on both sides and still leaking. When i put pressure gauge on it it leaked worst but cant tell from were
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 11:09 PM
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What engine are we dealing with?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 06:16 AM
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what year and engine? could just bypass tb.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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I have and lt1
 
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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could be one of the hoses going to the tb or the gasket. can do a bypass using one of these Corvette LT1 Coolant ByPass Kit : Amazon.com : Automotive or make one using pipe nipple from local hardware. heres a procedure
Throttle Body Bypass Procedure and schematic here http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CBoQ9QEwAw
 
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