Thorttle body Elbow O-Ring Installation
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Thorttle body Elbow O-Ring Installation
After taking out the elbow that goes to the throttle body, I saw that the o-ring was very.. "crunchy", so I decided to replace it. It seems that the previous owner decided to use silicone there and absolutely make it a pain in the A$$ to clean it up for a good mating with a new o-ring. Is using silicone regular practice for achieving higher boost or something? Or should I not worry and just install the new one without silicone. I attached 3 photos: One of the remains of the o-ring, one before, and after I cleaned the throttle body.
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How to o-ring looked
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How to o-ring looked
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Mazda used a little silicon to hold the O Ring in. try it without and you'll see why
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you only need 3 small dabs, one for each side, to hold it in while you install the elbow. that much rtv is annoying to look at. grease would work as well. you just need something to hold it in place. the nonsense alternative is to remove the uim and stand it up so gravity holds it in place and you install the elbow and put it all back in as a unit.
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you only need 3 small dabs, one for each side, to hold it in while you install the elbow. that much rtv is annoying to look at. grease would work as well. you just need something to hold it in place. the nonsense alternative is to remove the uim and stand it up so gravity holds it in place and you install the elbow and put it all back in as a unit.
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wire brush is a good tool to use for scrubbing that silicon off. Works on oil pan mating surfaces too. Don't scrub too hard. Just enough to get the silicon off. I usually dab a little bit of grease on the 3 "corners" to hold it in place as the others mentioned but silicone works too.
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I used a thin layer of Permatex High Tack Gasket Sealant, most auto parts stores will have it. It's sticky and makes a huge mess if you're not careful, but won't harden like RTV so you can remove or reposition the gasket later. It's also oil and fuel resistant, which is important because I tend to find blowby oil in the intake pipes. Also easier to clean than dried RTV.
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