Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few miles
away and the temperature in the 90's and all.

Or does it just tighten down to fit?

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

Lon wrote:
> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few miles
> away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>
> Or does it just tighten down to fit?


Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Chris

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

Lon wrote:
> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few miles
> away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>
> Or does it just tighten down to fit?


Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Chris

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

Lon wrote:
> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few miles
> away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>
> Or does it just tighten down to fit?


Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Chris

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

Lon wrote:
> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few miles
> away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>
> Or does it just tighten down to fit?


Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Chris

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

c wrote:
> Lon wrote:
>> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
>> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few
>> miles away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>>
>> Or does it just tighten down to fit?
>
>
> Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
> throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
> than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Your correct, there is a gasket and it will fall apart.

Thing is you don't actually need to take the TB off to clean it
and I don't recommend you do. All it takes is an old toothbrush
and some TB cleaner. If you feel the need you can take the IAC
off and give it a scrubbing, but I wouldn't even do that unless
there was too much in there to just flush out.

The TB I show was taken off the intake to make way for a supercharger
and a larger bore TB. It's actually sitting in my tool chest.

If you decide to take the TB off, remember the bolts only go to
9 ft.lbs That's 9 lbs of force on a 1ft wrench. Not a lot.
Too tight and you can bend the ears on the TB and cause leaks
around the base.

--
DougW

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

c wrote:
> Lon wrote:
>> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
>> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few
>> miles away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>>
>> Or does it just tighten down to fit?
>
>
> Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
> throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
> than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Your correct, there is a gasket and it will fall apart.

Thing is you don't actually need to take the TB off to clean it
and I don't recommend you do. All it takes is an old toothbrush
and some TB cleaner. If you feel the need you can take the IAC
off and give it a scrubbing, but I wouldn't even do that unless
there was too much in there to just flush out.

The TB I show was taken off the intake to make way for a supercharger
and a larger bore TB. It's actually sitting in my tool chest.

If you decide to take the TB off, remember the bolts only go to
9 ft.lbs That's 9 lbs of force on a 1ft wrench. Not a lot.
Too tight and you can bend the ears on the TB and cause leaks
around the base.

--
DougW

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

c wrote:
> Lon wrote:
>> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
>> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few
>> miles away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>>
>> Or does it just tighten down to fit?
>
>
> Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
> throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
> than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Your correct, there is a gasket and it will fall apart.

Thing is you don't actually need to take the TB off to clean it
and I don't recommend you do. All it takes is an old toothbrush
and some TB cleaner. If you feel the need you can take the IAC
off and give it a scrubbing, but I wouldn't even do that unless
there was too much in there to just flush out.

The TB I show was taken off the intake to make way for a supercharger
and a larger bore TB. It's actually sitting in my tool chest.

If you decide to take the TB off, remember the bolts only go to
9 ft.lbs That's 9 lbs of force on a 1ft wrench. Not a lot.
Too tight and you can bend the ears on the TB and cause leaks
around the base.

--
DougW

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

c wrote:
> Lon wrote:
>> Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
>> before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few
>> miles away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>>
>> Or does it just tighten down to fit?
>
>
> Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
> throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
> than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.

Your correct, there is a gasket and it will fall apart.

Thing is you don't actually need to take the TB off to clean it
and I don't recommend you do. All it takes is an old toothbrush
and some TB cleaner. If you feel the need you can take the IAC
off and give it a scrubbing, but I wouldn't even do that unless
there was too much in there to just flush out.

The TB I show was taken off the intake to make way for a supercharger
and a larger bore TB. It's actually sitting in my tool chest.

If you decide to take the TB off, remember the bolts only go to
9 ft.lbs That's 9 lbs of force on a 1ft wrench. Not a lot.
Too tight and you can bend the ears on the TB and cause leaks
around the base.

--
DougW

Re: Ping DougW Gasket under the 4.0 ZJ throttle body?
 

DougW proclaimed:
> c wrote:
>
>>Lon wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a gasket under the throttle body that I would want to go buy
>>>before taking the thing off for cleaning? The dealer being a few
>>>miles away and the temperature in the 90's and all.
>>>
>>>Or does it just tighten down to fit?
>>
>>
>>Not Doug, but every engine I've ever seen has a gasket under the
>>throttle body. I would recommend getting one. The original will more
>>than likely tear or break when you remove the TB.
>
>
> Your correct, there is a gasket and it will fall apart.
>
> Thing is you don't actually need to take the TB off to clean it
> and I don't recommend you do. All it takes is an old toothbrush
> and some TB cleaner. If you feel the need you can take the IAC
> off and give it a scrubbing, but I wouldn't even do that unless
> there was too much in there to just flush out.
>
> The TB I show was taken off the intake to make way for a supercharger
> and a larger bore TB. It's actually sitting in my tool chest.
>
> If you decide to take the TB off, remember the bolts only go to
> 9 ft.lbs That's 9 lbs of force on a 1ft wrench. Not a lot.
> Too tight and you can bend the ears on the TB and cause leaks
> around the base.
>

Thanks, I do have a pretty good set of torque wrenches, including one
specialized for very low torque.

Reason I was planning to remove it was to make it easier to clean and
just poke around since it has never been off yet.