sjonesist Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Good morning, I was looking over things under the hood and noticed a small antifreeze leak. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the leak was coming from the lower end of the throttle body near the spring assembly. Anyone know what this piece is? I have a 2000 LE 4WD. I’ve attached 2 pics below. The first shows the general area with the leak circled and the second is a close up of the piece in question. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjonesist Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 I apologize I can't seem to attach my pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 maybe one of your coolant lines is cracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkorahil Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The throttle body has coolant lines running to it. I would suspect the metal attachment point on the throttle body is cracked/rusted and leaking. There are many people on here who have bypassed this cooling line, you might do a search in the forums for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjonesist Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 The throttle body has coolant lines running to it. I would suspect the metal attachment point on the throttle body is cracked/rusted and leaking. There are many people on here who have bypassed this cooling line, you might do a search in the forums for it. Thanks for the comments, sorry for the inconvenience but please see the site I just created with the pics. Leak Pics or http://antifreezeleak.shutterfly.com/pictures/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I had an issue similar to this on my old 91 escort gt. The hookup for coolant to run through the throttle body is just pressed in, and while i was doing a quick jaunt down the freeway, it blew out and my car turned in to a steam cloud. I ended up just bypassing it. Gave it a high idle for a bit longer on a cold start, but no adverse affects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 the part in the pic looks like thermo element that controls the idle as the engine warms up. pic below: the part highlighted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjonesist Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thanks all for your comments and a special thanks to ahardb0dy for the part name and the beginning of my next job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thanks for asking something new. You should be promoted for that. Its not very often that somone joins and asks a question that hasn't been answered before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 And the pic was a big help, soon as I saw it I knew what it was, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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