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    Default quick question about water system

    so i got my radiator from ebay today and put it in...filled it with coolent and leaked out from everywhere that was possible on the TB...

    TB is JDM
    waterpump is JDM

    so....do i block eveything on the TB that has got to do with the water system?..

    so far i have blocked everything on the TB that was leaking...not sure what they we're for but it leaked, i blocked

    got no power steering,....what else can i say...errrmm...

    so is that normal or OK if i just block what ever leaked....these pipes where bare to start with, they wernt blocked already

    Thanks in advanced....p.s check out my build thread, working on the car again =p
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    You are talking about the throttle body? The simplest system is to have no water lines going to the throttle body at all. Block off any small water pipes you have.

    Otherwise you have the option of hooking up the small water lines to the throttle body correctly.

    If you have to use a old hose on a corroded fitting, use a bit of liquid silicon. Or use new rubber hoses, and sand any corrosion of the metal fittings.

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    why have coolabnt to the tb anyway JOHHNY?
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    As "warmant" for the cold start idle up.

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    The factory setup has coolant to the throttle body, on both the AE86 and hundreds of other cars. Others would have inspected this system more recently than myself. It is to do with cold start and related things. Not needed in a modifyed car.

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    realy i never knew mite have to sus it out and take it out if i dont need it
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    The water supply to the TB heats up wax which when hot blocks off the extra air for cold idle.

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    its not going to affect performance if its still all connected and running then you also have a nice drivable car when the engine is completely cold

    i seriously cant understand why people spend the EXTRA effort in removing this system in the first place, like seriously why would anyone want to have to have the engine running for 10min before being able to drive their car.

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    ohhhhhhhh.....this is helpful....guess im going to hook it all up then, cold start is a bitch
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    Lol dude, it happens all the time. Take removing an airbox and putting on a pod filter. Takes effort and you get worse heat soak and subsequently worse performance.

    Just a fact of the car modifying community, there are plenty of people who "improve" things without any idea of what they are doing.

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