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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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throttle body gasket

In the middle of a repair and I just need to know if I'm supposed to put anything on my gasket like a sealant or anything? Thanks guys
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 09:49 AM
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never a bad idea to lightly coat each side of the gasket with some rtv.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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If I don't have any will it likely still seal?
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 09:52 AM
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more than likely. its just air. not like any fluids would leak.

I'd run down and get some. It's the little extra things that make the diff.
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 01:04 PM
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Put it together without any RTV and everything is doing great!
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 01:09 PM
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Cool! And now you don't have to worry about how much of the RTV squished out into the bore of the TB causing an air intake restriction. Nice!
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 06:01 AM
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Cool! And now you don't have to worry about how much of the RTV squished out into the bore of the TB causing an air intake restriction. Nice!
Exactly. I just did a hospital quality clean job on the mating surfaces. Finishing with some very fine steel wool. I could damn near pick my teeth in it by the time it was ready to be put together.
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 06:07 AM
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Good choice... I wasn't so lucky when it came to the throttle body.. last guy who reinstalled this scraped the hell out of the mating surfaces, the thin gasket won't cut it...

I hate messy 'mechanics' !!!!
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