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Help Needed - Throttle Body Gasket
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:26 pm
by traser
Anybody able to purchase a Throttle Body gasket for me and ship to the UK?
Any help is appreciated!!!
Rgds
Steve
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:34 am
by Vulpes
Steve, cant you just make one ? If you are unable to do so I can probably make one for you for nothing and ship it but they are realy simple to do unless the throttle body gasket is something special ? PM me.
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:32 am
by Alspos
Yep, any auto parts shop worth it's salt will have gasket paper in varying thicknesses.
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:51 pm
by redzone
1) clean the faces you are sealing spotlessly, and spray with brake cleaner
2) apply loctite 515 or 518 to one flange.
3) reassemble
4) relax and enjoy a cold (warm? LOL) beer
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:51 am
by fugazi
redzone wrote:1) clean the faces you are sealing spotlessly, and spray with brake cleaner
600 wetsandingpaper+oil and a bit of MDF will do the trick it it's not flat...
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:19 am
by Vulpes
hey fugazi, what's that webpage you link to ? I see your car there but of course its all in Nordskaland speak, what is it ?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:40 pm
by redzone
Vulpes wrote:hey fugazi, what's that webpage you link to ? I see your car there but of course its all in Nordskaland speak, what is it ?
just read it with the swedish chef voice LOL
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:17 pm
by fugazi
redzone wrote:Vulpes wrote:hey fugazi, what's that webpage you link to ? I see your car there but of course its all in Nordskaland speak, what is it ?
just read it with the swedish chef voice LOL
rofl THAT actually WILL work!
garaget.org is one of Skandinavias biggest sites for us car-nerds, would be called "The Garage" in Englishisch.
In the upper right corner there is a searchfield "sök" which can be used for... erh.... searshing!
LOTS of nice cars!!! Lots of Volvo's to, but you don't HAVE to look at'em!+
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:49 am
by traser
Hi there,
Thanks for the replies,
I made a paper gasket that's on there at the moment, however I didnt have an old one to go off, so I am not sure if it's holes are correct, I just did the cut-outs to match the top of the IM.
Cant just use RTV because it has coolant channels running past the butterfly,
and no stores in england stock it!!!
Rgds
Steve
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:54 am
by redzone
cant use rtv because it gets eaten by fuel aswell.
trust me, get some loctite 515 or 518...
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:10 pm
by traser
any body have a online template I could use? or a pic of an old gasket? I've looked all over
thanks chaps
Steve
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:25 pm
by redzone
i get the feeling i'm being ignored LOL
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:39 am
by Noddy
Redzone........ just photograph the gasket you got off me...... then you will not be ignored :D
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:00 pm
by redzone
lol
loctite 515 or 518 is better than a gasket anyways. it is an anerobic sealer, it can be left for days and wont go off unless it has pressure/lack of air. put it on lightly and you wont have any dramas with it oozing into the coolant channels. any passages that need to be blocked off are done so by the manifold face.
it is also a shitload easier to clean off than a gasket
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:46 pm
by traser
redzone, sorry mate not ignoring,
Where do you apply this loctite?
just round an area where theres not a hole? or just round the outside of the tb?
Cheers mate