Throttle body ground & coolant line hookup questions

[mheidemanjr]

So I took off my TB the other day, in a attempt to rebuild the shaft seals and what not. Things didn't go so well, after I got it all back together it still leaks. The throttle plate was beat up, the BISS screw is striped out and the plate gets stuck about half way and won't close, unless you twist it by hand. Anyway, I bought a new TB and was wondering two things...

1. There are two tabs coming off of the bottom of the TB that look like they should be grounds or something not sure, should it be grounded?
2. Which coolant lines go where on the bottom? I forgot to mark them when I removed it.

Thanks in advance

 

[Colt4G63 also]

So I took of my t.b the other day in a attempt to rebuild the shafts with new o rings and what not. Things dident go so well after I got it all back toghter they still leak, the throttle plate was beat to sh!t, the biis screw is striped out and the plate gets stuck about half way and don't close unlees you twist it by hand any way I bought a new tb and was wondering to thing. One is the are to tabs coming of bottom of the t.b look like they shouldd be grounds or something not sure, should it be grounded? Second is which coolant lines go wher on the bottom I forgot to marks then when I removed it. Thanks in advance

The TB does have to be grounded, but the ground strap is that hard metal tab that bolts onto the top front TB elbow nut, and screws to the top of the TB.

The straps on the bottom are just to secure the wiring harness.

Are you by any chance related to mheidemanjr585?

 

[mheidemanjr]

Lol yeah same person I had this sn when I had my last dsm and forgot about it so I made a new one don't ask how I rembered this sn but I switched back sense I got more rep with this sn. What about coolant lines I noticed one comes from right around the thermostat housing. And the other one taps in to coolant lines. Ok my throttle body was not grounded when I removed it so better figure out how to ground the new one when it comes in.

 

[gofer]

mheidemanjr please proof read what you type before you post it, I can't understand what you're trying to say, so neither can anyone else.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

You planing on bringing your car to my shop next week, or are you all sorted now?

 

[mheidemanjr]

You planing on bringing your car to my shop next week, or are you all sorted now?

I got my sputtering issue all worked out waiting on new throttle body to get in than I need wideband installed and run threw my link and a tune was hopeing you'd still be able to do that

 

[Colt4G63 also]

I got my sputtering issue all worked out waiting on new throttle body to get in than I need wideband installed and run threw my link and a tune was hopeing you'd still be able to do that

Yeah no problem. Too bad you didn't contact me sooner, I could have rebuilt your throttle body.

 

[mheidemanjr]

Yeah no problem. Too bad you didn't contact me sooner, I could have rebuilt your throttle body.

It was pretty bad biss was stripped completly out and the plate was hacked up pretty good. So you got any info one the coolant lines to and from the f.i.a.v

 

[LiquidX]

Why not just eliminate the coolant lines and get rid of a potential source of idle surge.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-intake-exhaust/391977-free-fiav-block.html#post152458783

 

[EagleTSIawd]

Throttle body ground? This is new for me. Anybody have a pic of this?

 

[mheidemanjr]

Thanx for the advice ill be sure to do the block off on the new throttle body. As for the ground I had no idea the t.b was grounded either till I ran acrossed it in a search, I'm am still on the hunt for a pic of the ground ill post one if I find it

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Throttle body ground? This is new for me. Anybody have a pic of this?

Oh, I remembered wrong; it's the top back nut:

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Either way, the ground is clearly pictured here. Ignore the magenta circle around the BISS.

I'm not sure if you drive your car in cold weather, but if you decide you don't like ice building up around your TB blade, here's how the hoses go.

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I'll take your old garbage TB if you don't want it.

 

[EagleTSIawd]

I always wondered what that screw was for on the throttle body, thanks for the pic.

 

[LiquidX]

Hm, I never had that metal tab nor have I ever had any issues with my throttle freezing up. I don't exactly see how it could freeze up anyway.

 

[3kgt2nv]

To me that ground strap makes no sense since the elbow isnt grounded to anything. If anything its more grounded to the manifold by the screws than a tab to the tb elbow.

 

[EagleTSIawd]

I just searched a little and found that the ground strap is for 1gs that use the idle switch. Looks like the tab feeds the throttle body and intake mani, the ground comes from a wire connected from the firewall to the bolt on the tab. Us 2gs don't need it because our tps has a built in idle switch.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Actually the tab just supplies ground to the TB by grounding it to the stud/bolt that threads into the IM. Otherwise the TB would be insulated (sandwiched) between the two gaskets, and not actually grounded to the manifold. The manifold may (usually did at one point) have a ground strap on it elsewhere, but it generally gets a pretty good ground to the cylinder head via the manifold bolts, and the support bracket underneath holding it to the block.