Throttle body coolant bypass

[Genie47]

Anyone here has done it? Does it prevent the throttle body heating the air it is taking in. Or does it prevent your car from warming up properly?

[Saaber]

for certain car models, it prevent the car from warming up properly thus causing stalling or low rpm....

[Phochem]

So far no prob for mine, idling still at norm and is warming up properly.

[Goodspeed]

does it have any improvement??? i also read abt it.. but still think it is unwise to do it...

[Phochem]

throttle feels abit lighter and nothing more...

[Reliable]

too chim for me. whats that. pardon me for asking. any info to read on it?

[Kardachia]

I did it on my Altis, no bad side effects...improvements wise, drive all day long like when starting from cold in the morning...a bit more powerful...but somehow, when weather hot....observe no diff.

[Esky]

It's been discussed before and now stored in the Resources folder: http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/gforum.cgi...0bypass;#297817

[Jamesgetz]

hmmm... i think the intention of this mod is good but its effectiveness is limited.

 

this is bcos the TB is made of mostly metal and it gets very hot even without the coolant, due to hot air and heat radiated from the engine block.

 

just a suggestion... to make the mod truly effective, the TB will have to be thermally insulated/shielded

Edited September 8, 2004 by Jamesgetz

[Phochem]

yes, get a heat shield for the TB...

 

http://www.doctorspeed.com/products/tb/

[Reliable]

thanks i went to read up on it. think my car dont have it. mine is carbreutor.

[Esky]

I think carbureted engine also has this function (my Iswara does), but I'm thinking it may actually help with vapourising the fuel better, since with carburetors, the fuel sprayed out may not be as fine that of EFI engines. A little heat helps.