Date:         Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:34:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Caston/Payne <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM>
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From:         Caston/Payne <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Throttle Body Problems
Comments: To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
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At 8:28 AM -0500 1/21/2000, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>I have been getting some rather strange calls lately.  About once every two
>weeks someone calls needing a new throttle body for their van.  1.9l and
>2.1l.  They say their old one is worn out and is causing problems.  Is this a
>normal thing?  Have our vans just passed into this stage of deterioration?
>What would cause a throttle body to go bad (dirt coming past the filter?)?

Vinnie need a throttle body last year. Seems that over 200K miles just
plain old wore it out.
The problem with mine was that the butterfly plate bearing were worn so
that the vlave itself rubbed against the housing wall and wellŠwore it out.
This allowed air to pas by the plate so the idle setting was always a
liit'e wrong no matter what we'd do. BTW-priced a new one at dealer for
$675 i think! What a rip off! Got a used one on the list.
Later,

Dave & Sherrie
Williamsburg, VA
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