Throttle body ?
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Long story short, heater hose started leaking, so I pulled off the supercharger to gain access, as you do. Then ended up in hospital ( think it was finding out the price of intercooler duct seals that done it ) Anyway nearly 2 months later I have nearly got it all back together. Went to put the throttle body on but the 4 bolts are too long. Have I lost a spacer from between the elbow and throttle body ? ( don't remember one ) put 4 shorter bolts in the wrong place ? (more likely, but cant see where ) Or something else equally stupid ? Any help gratefully anticipated . Andy
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how much gap have you got?
Thinking about an S/C r&r I don't think there's that many bolts to get mixed up, but gaps in work schedules always produce a beauty!
There's a TB-elbow metal coated in rubber gasket, you have that? It's only thin though.
I know what you mean about the price of the duct seals, what did you pay for them?
Thinking about an S/C r&r I don't think there's that many bolts to get mixed up, but gaps in work schedules always produce a beauty!
There's a TB-elbow metal coated in rubber gasket, you have that? It's only thin though.
I know what you mean about the price of the duct seals, what did you pay for them?
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how much gap have you got?
Thinking about an S/C r&r I don't think there's that many bolts to get mixed up, but gaps in work schedules always produce a beauty!
There's a TB-elbow metal coated in rubber gasket, you have that? It's only thin though.
I know what you mean about the price of the duct seals, what did you pay for them?
Thinking about an S/C r&r I don't think there's that many bolts to get mixed up, but gaps in work schedules always produce a beauty!
There's a TB-elbow metal coated in rubber gasket, you have that? It's only thin though.
I know what you mean about the price of the duct seals, what did you pay for them?
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Thank you XKRacer, you were spot on. The Dr told me I could not drive until he done some more tests, didn't tell me I couldn't think straight as well. How the hell I mixed those up is anybodys guess.
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OK Here you go
The items on the left are the older style, you will see there is no ridge on the rubber cotton reel gasket and no groove in the aluminium parts, the ones on the right do. The problem is you can only buy the ridged type and if the aluminium plates do not have the groove in them for the ridge to sit in they will fail, not immediately but within a few weeks....
As I said the gaskets have been superseded by the ridge type which means you really need to get the aluminium parts too, that's another £200 thank you very much!!
The items on the left are the older style, you will see there is no ridge on the rubber cotton reel gasket and no groove in the aluminium parts, the ones on the right do. The problem is you can only buy the ridged type and if the aluminium plates do not have the groove in them for the ridge to sit in they will fail, not immediately but within a few weeks....
As I said the gaskets have been superseded by the ridge type which means you really need to get the aluminium parts too, that's another £200 thank you very much!!
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/xj-xj8-xjr-x308-27/78488-throttle-body-tbcr_zps78d20675.jpg?dateline=1396356640)
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OK Here you go
The items on the left are the older style, you will see there is no ridge on the rubber cotton reel gasket and no groove in the aluminium parts, the ones on the right do. The problem is you can only buy the ridged type and if the aluminium plates do not have the groove in them for the ridge to sit in they will fail, not immediately but within a few weeks....
As I said the gaskets have been superseded by the ridge type which means you really need to get the aluminium parts too, that's another £200 thank you very much!!
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/xj-xj8-xjr-x308-27/78488-throttle-body-tbcr_zps78d20675.jpg?dateline=1396356640)
The items on the left are the older style, you will see there is no ridge on the rubber cotton reel gasket and no groove in the aluminium parts, the ones on the right do. The problem is you can only buy the ridged type and if the aluminium plates do not have the groove in them for the ridge to sit in they will fail, not immediately but within a few weeks....
As I said the gaskets have been superseded by the ridge type which means you really need to get the aluminium parts too, that's another £200 thank you very much!!
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/xj-xj8-xjr-x308-27/78488-throttle-body-tbcr_zps78d20675.jpg?dateline=1396356640)
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Last edited by andrew lowe; 04-11-2014 at 01:31 AM.
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Please take into account the first I knew about the grooved/ridged seals and clamps was a little earlier today, and I have only seen them in your photo, would it be impossible for a man with your talents to machine the grooves into smooth clamps ? Or have I just had another brain fart ? Andy
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