Throttle body coolant bypass? Needed or not
Throttle body coolant bypass? Needed or not
I DID search and couldnt find any direct answers, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I installed a throttle body spacer,and a plenum spacer and a z tube.Someone mentioned i might need a throttle body coolant bypass valve?
Could any of you help me decide if i need or should get a throttle body coolant bypass valve and or tell me what its use really is? I understand to an extent,but the pros and cons?
If this is something important, maybe it'd be worth sticky-ing?
I installed a throttle body spacer,and a plenum spacer and a z tube.Someone mentioned i might need a throttle body coolant bypass valve?
Could any of you help me decide if i need or should get a throttle body coolant bypass valve and or tell me what its use really is? I understand to an extent,but the pros and cons?
If this is something important, maybe it'd be worth sticky-ing?
Our VQ motors love cool, anything we can do to keep it that way only makes our G35s happier. I installed the bypass 6 years ago while installing my 1/2" spacer shutting off any coolant running thru my intake....never turned it back on. Living in CA and having a garage I never found the need to run coolant thru my intake even in winter.
Gary
Gary
If you live in a state where your throttle body would freeze, just leave it the way it is so hot coolant prevents it from freezing. If you live in a climate like in Cali, you can install the bypass valve to stop the coolant.
Our VQ motors love cool, anything we can do to keep it that way only makes our G35s happier. I installed the bypass 6 years ago while installing my 1/2" spacer shutting off any coolant running thru my intake....never turned it back on. Living in CA and having a garage I never found the need to run coolant thru my intake even in winter.
Gary
Gary
I live in Delaware, so it fluctuates ,winters can be in the 20's and summers in the low 100's
So what would you personally do?
Thank you as well for the input man. As i stated to Gary, a few months of the year at night it does get below freezing. I'm just not to sure exactly what it does, and since i was told its used to keep heat down,i obviously got worried because i know a hot engine (specially ours) can be very risky?
Is this quick enough? LMAO Get the bypass valve, turn it off during those warm months but I doubt you'll notice a difference. It might take you 15 minutes to install, your choice....Gary
So what exactly does it do in the first place? Its better for cold driving or the opposite?
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Because you live in an area where its warm most of the time, you will actually do well to install it. Your plenum will run a lot cooler with it installed.
By installing it, you can turn the valve to the OFF position, shutting off the hot coolant flow going to the plenum. And this is how it lets your plenum run cooler.
When you live in a warm area, there is no reason to flow hot coolant through it.
Its only when you are driving in really cold weather conditions that you want to open the valve and heat your plenum... So it doesn't get iced up.
I hope this helps.
Tony
By installing it, you can turn the valve to the OFF position, shutting off the hot coolant flow going to the plenum. And this is how it lets your plenum run cooler.
When you live in a warm area, there is no reason to flow hot coolant through it.
Its only when you are driving in really cold weather conditions that you want to open the valve and heat your plenum... So it doesn't get iced up.
I hope this helps.
Tony
My coolant bypass valve/hose has been installed since '06 and shut off without issues. If I lived anywhere but SoCal and didn't keep SLICK in her garage I'd allow fluid thur my manifold during cold months....Gary