Author Topic: Intake plate (Read 2890 times)

318is1506 · « **on:** October 27, 2011, 03:33:53 PM »

im doing my upper and lower intake gaskets and i read in here that you can delete the plate between the trottle body and the intake , can i just take it off and pinch off the vack line ?

DesktopDave · « **Reply #1 on:** October 27, 2011, 04:45:10 PM »

You can splice an adapter in there but you have to get vac & coolant back to the right places... So be careful. If I'm thinking of the same thing you are, that's not a vac line...coolant runs through the TB heater plate.

Are you doing the hose delete or just cleaning things up?

318is1506 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 27, 2011, 05:26:12 PM »

Well im kinda lost on the whole delete thing , i would like to get rid of as many vac lines as i can to simplify things and i already have the intake off so i figure why not try , but im a little freaked to be honest.

DesktopDave · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2011, 10:22:14 PM »

Make sure you know what goes where. It's a mess under there! You definitely don't want to mix them up...

Did you read this thread?
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3621

Ryann · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2011, 11:23:49 PM »

I bypassed my throttle body heater and replaced all the ccv/icv hoses with OE stuff. In my opinion it's really not a mess once you've got it out of the car, and it's actually kind of clever I think. There's a hose that comes out of the head and goes to the upper TB heater plate, and a hose that comes out of the lower TB heater plate to the right hand side 4-way fitting. Just connect the outlet on the head directly to the 4-way fitting.

The green stuff in this diagram is deleted. The red line represents the connection that is made in its place. The blue hose is what I used to make the red connection.

victor.askew · « **Reply #5 on:** November 13, 2011, 02:31:25 AM »

I completed the delete of the vacuum hose mess under the intake manifold today as I was reinstalling the cylinder head. . I left the heater block in place within the throttle block. Plugged the 2 water connections, I left it in place just in case I need to hook it back up later. I have 0 vacuum leaks now. Its grt.!!!!!!

DesktopDave · « **Reply #6 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:48:32 AM »

Good to hear. Did the delete solve any problems you had with the car.