Throttle body bolt stripped out of intake manifold :rant2:
looks like about half the threads are gone should
i try a lil bit longer bolt or a double stud or am i
going to have to helicoil it :rant2:

tia :worship: :worship: :worship:

it's pretty soft, i'd tap new threads. It's a NPT thread, just go buy a bigger bolt. I ran into this a few times elsewhere on my engine. A longer bolt might catch enough threads though. Maybe, just don't torque that one quite down to specs....

ill have to scope it out not sure if a much bigger bolt will fit
down the throttle body or not and i thought it was metric :)
maybe a retap with a bigger bolt will be the way to go guess ill
have to try and suck the thread shavings thru the manifoild
with the shop-vac :hmm:

I can't remember the torque on those but I thought it was pretty low-- 10 to 15 ft.lb. If it's just one bolt, I would first try sticking some slivers of stiff plastic (like pieces from a zip tie) down the sides of the hole to see if you can get enough bite with the bolt. Sometimes this works amazingly well.:D

well i went with a lil bit longer bolt i think it will work
got it torqued 15lbs so ill cross my fingers and recheck
after i get the engine in and get it heated up a lil bit :bouncy:

i think i remember the book saying torque to 12, so you should be fine. i'm glad a longer bolt worked for ya.

yeah me to :bouncy:
hey lac u find out the source of your leak yet? :hmm:

i changed out the intake gasets and no difference. i'm calling tomorrow and gonna try to get me a new motor. if no, then i'm shooting for head gasket next.

goodluck sure hope it works out for ya bud :)
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