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Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
I was out installing the "LT5" throttle body plate I bought.
Started the car and it was leaking from one of the bolts. I went to tighten the bolt a little more to make the leak stop , and the bolt BROKE!!! Now its pouring fluid out of the bolt hole. What are my options here? Thanks ---
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
If I install a throttle body bypass ... and tap out the bolt , everything should be fine, right?
Is it bad to drive it 5 miles up the street to my mechanic while it leaks a little bit? Is there a risk of the car catching on fire? ---
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
Can you NOT remove the rest of the bolts, the plate and THEN get a grip on the broken to remove it? New plate didn't come with hardware?
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
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Thanks so much for the idea ... I couldn't leave it alone so I went back outside ... took off the old plate ... pulled up the old gasket and WALLAH!!! Just enough thread was poking out that I could grab it with a small set of needle nose plyers. I just reinstalled the new plate with stainless bolts that I had already. These should be a lot stronger, have stampings in the head. YAY!!! I appreciate it guys ... still may do the bypass so I don't have to worry about any leaks in the future. ---
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
How tight did you turn that bolt? They're pretty small to begin with. You can do the bypass or just block the passage making plenum removal so much easier.
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
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I think the bolts were really corroded (a bunch of tan gunk on them). I probably overtightened it , but it still wasn't tight enough to keep the antifreeze from squirting out HAHAH. The new faceplate didn't have the groove in it like the factory plate, I am sure that doesn't help with sealing against the gasket that has the groove in it ---
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
I got the rest of the bolts removed, reinstalled the stock plate ... and its leaking out of the bolt hole that is broken.
Its pretty deep in there, I cant get ahold of it. The new plate did NOT come with hardware or a gasket ---
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
Drill out the broken bolt and install a Helicoil?
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
Why not do a TB bypass and not even worry about the coolant in the TB. Also coolant is not flammable.
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Re: Installing Throttle Body Plate, Broke a Bolt, now it leaks ---
I found an eyeglass screwdriver set which has REAL small flatheads in it. I may be able to get the broken top of the bolt with one of those.
I will try that before I go the helicoil route. Who sells the TB bypass kits on our cars? I see Haibeck has one for $25 ... is that the ticket? Ive installed atleast 3 of these plates without issues before ... but I noticed the corrosion on the bolts when I took them out. I should have gotten new bolts. I read that antifreeze IS flammable, but at a high temperature ... just wanted to make sure it wouldn't catch fire from the engine block heat. Thanks ---
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