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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 20 August 2014, 10:43:17
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Hi ya,
Simple question i know but as i have replaced the o rings twice relatively recently i'm wondering if its my refitting technique :-[
Do you secure the breather bridge to the plenum and then fit the TB and do that up? or vice versa?
:)
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I never touch the throttle body if I'm pulling the breather bridge off...
That said the short bridge might not allow you to lift it out without :-\
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Yes, with the short plenum you need to fit the bridge then slide the throttle body onto the front of the extensions on the bridge that connect up the pre-throttle breather ports.
It's probably better to do that on the long plenum, too, but you might just have enough slack to get away without removing the TB.
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I never touch the throttle body if I'm pulling the breather bridge off...
That said the short bridge might not allow you to lift it out without :-\
Thats the thing. i usually take it apart so i have the plenum, TB and breather bridge all seperate. That way i can clean the back of the TB and also that round thing at bottom of breather bridge.
ill try fitting breather bridge and then putting TB on. i can lubricate o rings with a drop of oil?
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Oil, silicone grease, washing up liquid, spit.. :y
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Yes, with the short plenum you need to fit the bridge then slide the throttle body onto the front of the extensions on the bridge that connect up the pre-throttle breather ports.
It's probably better to do that on the long plenum, too, but you might just have enough slack to get away without removing the TB.
Thanks mate :)
Reckon i can also put a bit of RTV to help secure new o rings as i cant be arsed to do it all again
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Oil, silicone grease, washing up liquid, spit.. :y
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i thought of silicone grease but then i thought... inlet manifold...silicone.... exhaust and silicone dont mix. but then i suppose its only a smear :y
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I've always gone in dry myself .. but then there's usually a liberal dose of oil still smeared around the opening anyway :-[ ;D
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Likewise :y
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I've always gone in dry myself .. but then there's usually a liberal dose of oil still smeared around the opening anyway :-[ ;D
;D ;D
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I've always gone in dry myself .. but then there's usually a liberal dose of oil still smeared around the opening anyway :-[ ;D
Thats just rude......
Mine is always lubed up plenty before insertion :)
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So back to reinstalling the breather bridge ::)
Can i use RTV also to plug the hole? :)
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So back to reinstalling the breather bridge ::)
Can i use RTV also to plug the hole? :)
I wouldn't, TBH. You risk bunging up the hole completely, with the consequential cam cover gasket failure and you'll give yourself a headache next time it has to come off. If it doesn't look like it'll seal, get some new O rings. :y
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;D ;D
So back to reinstalling the breather bridge ::)
Can i use RTV also to plug the hole? :)
I wouldn't, TBH. You risk bunging up the hole completely, with the consequential cam cover gasket failure and you'll give yourself a headache next time it has to come off. If it doesn't look like it'll seal, get some new O rings. :y
Thanks Kev, already got a big pack of different sized metrics :y :y
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Stop dismantling the poor thing ::)
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Stop dismantling the poor thing ::)
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