Good plan to bypass throttle body heater?

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May 10, 2021 | 11:33 AM

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Best4x4

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Originally Posted by ManUtdWY

This may be a stupid question, but if I have a TBH leak and were to perform the bypass, do I still need to remove the tbh gasket and replace/seal? What have those who have done the bypass done in their vehicles? Have you sealed the existing tubes? Capped them? filter them (assuming air makes its way into the intake)?

It seems to be a closed system from the pics I've seen, and it seems I could just leave the leaking tbh gasket in place if I did the bypass, but trying to arrange the ordering of parts and hoping for some guidance.

When I do a TBH delete the entire POS gets tossed in the trash. No reason to keep it at all because if you were to replace it you'll get an entire new housing/gasket/bolts. Some people just put a bolt in the existing hoses and leave everything else where it is. I prefer to route intake hose to reservoir and remove the entire TBH housing. Makes it look much cleaner and OEM.