oh and if a dealer did the same thing to you, and you had the accident. Would you not sue the crap out of them? I am just saying its a litigious society we live in and its not a bad idea to save yourself the trouble.

You are cutting your nose to spite your face. Besides you could be held criminally liable if someone got seriously hurt and they found out you bypassed the heater.

 

I have the fix for this issue fellas...

Bypass it and live in the Caribbean.

 

Mike, What did you do to bypass it?

 

Now THAT is sound advice! I've gotta admit, as someone who has never lived in a Artic tundra type environment, I had no clue that vehicles have to be specially prepared for glacier life. I always though when humans lost their fur, it was a cue to stay away from the frozen zones?

 

I don't know what a "thermostat heater" is but if he's talking about the throttle body heater I bypassed mine and haven't had any problems. Even with this extreme cold weather we're having currently.

If throttle valves get cold and stuck open at high altitudes, what about the millions of vehicles that drive in cold, high altitudes everyday without a problem that don't have factory TB heaters?

 

Hey Frank, my friends wife loaded 1 bullet in a revolver. She has fired it 5 times and nothing has happened yet. She said its your turn. Im sure youll be fine. Nothing has happened yet!

 

The condition have to be right for the throttle body to freeze.
It has to be humid and the air needs to be near or below freezing.
Just because it is cold does not mean it will freeze, there needs to be moisture in the air, like if you live by a lake or the ocean.
Low humidity places wont have a problem.
Right now as I type this here in West Michigan it is 20*F and 60% humidity.
In Denver Colorado it is 42*F and 50% humidity, not good conditions for throttle freezing.
In Seattle Washington it is 55*F and 54% humidity, again not going to freeze.
In Fairbanks Alaska it is -25*F and 73% humidity, likely to freeze.
In Wichita Kansas it is 37*F and 41% humidity, not likely to freeze.
Anyway, my point is the conditions need to be right, if you dont live in those conditions you can get away with it.
But for heavens sake dont tell others to do what you are doing because you have no idea where they live or what their weather is like.
So all of you guys who have by-passed it, thats fine, its your truck so you can do whatever you want, but some of you it will come back and bite you in the butt.

http://autorepair.about.com/library/faqs/bl423d.htm

 

Im sorry about the gun comment. Spikes right! It is your truck to do what you will. I think it only prudent to fix it or disclose it if you ever sale it.

 

Uh, yeah... that was really strange.