[RESOLVED] BISS moves on its own! Help!

[herostar]

My BISS screw keeps vibrating/moving its way into my throttle body. Luckily it's tightening instead of loosening and falling out! It keeps going in all the way and thus my idle is too low and the car will die. It's easily fixed by me getting out, opening the hood, loosening the screw. What do you recommend I do to stop it from moving? (No, loc-tite is not an option..! )

Thanks!

 

[eeeewidner]

Replace it with a new one from the dealer. It will also come with a o-ring to help keep it in place. Or you can wrap the biss screw with thread tape. It should hold up for a long time if not a while....

 

[wibblersnatch]

If the head is stripped out then buy a new one. STM has a nice kit for 12 bucks. You even get a cap. It's about 3/4 down.
STM | 90-99 OEM MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE

If not then just get an o ring. I've seen o rings from hardware stores work just fine.

 

[TRBOBLU]

I wrap the threads of the screw in teflon tape and it works great.

 

[herostar]

Installed a new O-ring and put 2 wraps of thread tape on and it's fixed (I think... so far!)

thanks

 

[324vr4]

And if it's set to where you need it I would suggest filling the space with Silicone for a "for sure" sealed try....I did this once my idle was set right and have nothing but success with it...also it will allow you to not worry about whether or not your o-ring is good or not...just a suggestion...