P38A Throttle body heater coolant leak.

Sonnycbr said:

I'd never heard of one of the above before today so please bear with me. I've only been doing very short journeys for quite a while now in the car but when I returned from another one today I saw steam coming from the engine bay and saw pink residue under the throttle body. There is water leaking from the underside of the throttle body and I've been told it's a heater. I think this has been leaking for a while but it finally went pop today.
Now to the question.... do I have to take the throttle body off to repair or change the heater or can it be done in situ? I've looked online and I can see repair kits for about 20 quid, are these ok or should I go for the pukka one?
I'll appreciate any advice on this, thanks.

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brianp38dse said:

Most people bypass it out of the system, one less thing to leak and not needed in our climate.

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brianp38dse said:

Most people bypass it out of the system, one less thing to leak and not needed in our climate.

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brianp38dse said:

I assume you have a thor engine as it a 4.6 vogue, in which case take the two pipes of the throttle heater and use a pipe as a joiner, no 4-5 on the pic redrawn by our own Saintv8

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Datatek said:

4 & 3 surely?

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brianp38dse said:

my bad you are right brain fart moment

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