Throttle body gasket
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Throttle body gasket
I changed out my throttle body for a Shaner ported TB, when I took the original TB off I didn't see a gasket, I put the new one on and the car is running great. My question is should there be a gasket? My service manual says there is one, but I have done a search on some of the parts house web sites and can't find anything about it. If one is required, whats the part number.
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I changed out my throttle body for a Shaner ported TB, when I took the original TB off I didn't see a gasket, I put the new one on and the car is running great. My question is should there be a gasket? My service manual says there is one, but I have done a search on some of the parts house web sites and can't find anything about it. If one is required, whats the part number.
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
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What year service manual are you referring to? I have the 97-04 service manuals, and the GM parts manual. All show the orange gasket on the intake.
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Your right after looking at it more it appears that the orange "O" ring is the gasket. I have the 2001 service manual, section 6, it talks about the TD gasket, and states to not reuse it, I guess I figured it was some type of felt gasket. I still can't find a part number though.
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Your right after looking at it more it appears that the orange "O" ring is the gasket. I have the 2001 service manual, section 6, it talks about the TD gasket, and states to not reuse it, I guess I figured it was some type of felt gasket. I still can't find a part number though.
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