NP. I didn't bother even removing it. I gave it a solid lick and a few prods with my screw driver. Seemed pliable enough to re-use. Not like I had much choice when that T in the hose exploded on me at midnight. The stubborn in me needed to fix it that night.

HAahahaha stubborn? I missed work today to get it fixed and because of this new problem , I miss work tomorrow to go fetch the hoses and fix. I've been watching the sick X in the driveway all weekend and I can't take it anymore ;)

Anyone have the torque spec for the throttle body and do I need to use blue loctite?

New Hoses and expansion tank is done! Temperature outside -12c ( 10F)

I'd like to thank everyone who helped out. The TB came out and I had to remove the another tube that was in the way. It took me a while to unclip it in the cold cause I didn't want to break the plastic clip or I was F***ed. Once both out of the way everything went pretty smooth.

"Funny" snags:
-The wish-bone kinda pin that holds the fitting at the T-stat flew off while I was trying to clip it in... Had to remove the under carriage cover (wasn't there) and extra 30 min of searching with hand from under. When I finally touched it (hand were frozen) I almost cried lol

-That same hose: when I removed the old one , I had to bring it back to the dealer for refund and exchange (40min drive to get there) well I had left the Fitting that connects to the T-stat with it. Thats also the fitting you need to connect the hose to (quick connect). Had to drive back and get it. Arggggg!


Total fix time including "FUNNY" snags 5 freak-en cold hours. Thx again for the help guys :thumbup:

You know, I had an uber snag too. I was finishing up, it was like 1 am or something. So I had the bleed screw out, and it was on a rag. I grabbed the rag, and the screw flew. I was soooooo pissed off, it wan't even funny. Garage is all in friggen coolant, and I have the front of the car on the lowest point, so it is all in the front. Yea, so get my creeper, and take off the coolant soaked splash guard, go crazy trying to find the bleed screw. 40 min later I say screw it, I will find some other screw and jam it in. As I get up, the friggen screw landed on the radiator support, and was on top the whole time.

It's funny in retrospect but infuriating while it's happening.
:D

I can't find the throttle body torque specs. If you haven't removed it yet check the torque before you do. I would not use anything on the threads other than a little anti-seize.

I couldn't find specs either. So I went with a "two finger" snug. Unfortunately i used a small amount of blue loctite. No lock washer so i thought loctite would be better.
You bring up another option with anti seize but the old residue on the threads was more blueish and dry rather than grey and stainny.

I'll certainly research more but will not take any chances and i'll back them up this weekend to break the loctite.

I didn't use anything on my TB bolts. Couldn't find the torque spec either.

BC, how do you check the torque before removing? My torque wrenches only torque in one direction.

I have a few Torque Wrench and one of them is the one with a needle and you can go both ways but usually measuring the inverted torque isn't accurate to the initial torque.