Removing Throttle Housing
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Component overview
- Throttle housing
- Sealing ring, always replace
- Resonance tube
- Holder
- Rubber mounting, screw in by hand
- Collar nut → Tightening torque: 6 Nm (4.5 ft. lb.)
- External Torx screw, M6 x 50 → Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ft. lb.)
- Release and pull off cable plug on the throttle housing and expose the cable.
- Loosen M6 fastening nut on the rubber mounting.
- Remove four external Torx screws (M6 x 50) and take out throttle housing.
- Remove molded seal on the resonance tube flange and replace it.