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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
One symptom is a noise, when you turn the engine off, you normally hear a whistle from the front of the engine, this whistle or whine goes on for around twenty seconds, if you no longer hear the noise, or hear a grating sound, pound to a penny it's the Throttle Box seized or stripping the gears. |
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20th May 2014 8:10 am |
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fredastaire Member Since: 03 Dec 2012 Location: Holbrook Posts: 721 |
Comments anybody on the following thoughts
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20th May 2014 11:01 am |
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Winslet Member Since: 01 Oct 2013 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 281 |
Fred
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20th May 2014 8:38 pm |
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Andy131 Member Since: 10 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2161 |
Just joined the failed throttle body club. lasted 140k miles though.
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4th Jun 2015 12:45 pm |
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fredastaire Member Since: 03 Dec 2012 Location: Holbrook Posts: 721 |
Andy, with you having stripped the throttle body mechanics and looked at the damage ; what is your educated opinion as to the cause of the gear stripping? Is it just old age?
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4th Jun 2015 11:20 pm |
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Andy131 Member Since: 10 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2161 |
There was some oil inside the gear case, not enough to wet things through, but enough that the gears were living in an oily atmosphere - my guess is that the throttle bod9y gets quite warm, so more like an oily sauna.
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5th Jun 2015 12:09 am |
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Andy131 Member Since: 10 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2161 |
Just a thought
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20th Jun 2015 12:23 am |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4341 |
I had this a couple of years ago on a 10 reg with about 35k miles. I had the chewed up gears and the car was only just about driveable (kept stalling). A LR service manager told me that if your throttle body is playing up then remove the electrical connector, you will get an engine management light on but it will get you home.
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20th Jun 2015 9:24 am |
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