Throttle body, off

erming · Post by **erming** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:32 am

Alright im no mechanic but I was wanting to change my throttle body but when I took off all the bolts it did not come off for the life of me, now I thought it wasnt connected to the intake manifold but I started wondering when it didnt budge and i figured id ask before i took a hammer to it, so is it or.....?????

LU_NA20v · Post by **LU_NA20v** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:01 am

More than likely the gasket is stuck on there, it's fairly common and indicates that you had/have a good seal (not always the case)

Don't take a hammer to it, unless it's a rubber mallet and work your away around it.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:31 pm

If you have all 4 nuts/bolts off, it should pull free. It might take some light persuasion with a prying tool of some kind if it has been on the car for a while.

Post by **stolle** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:19 pm

give it a good whack with the handle end of a nice sized screw driver.

erming · Post by **erming** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:50 pm

Will do