Throttle body boost leak
 

So I have a boost leak that is coming from the gaskets on the throttle body. Would it be stupid to just put some RTV on around the outside where the gaskets are?

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Yes!

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You could try it but it will be ugly and might not work. I used rtv instead of a gasket before and it worked fine but it would be best to just replace the gasket as they aren't hard to replace.

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Some of the reason our car get a bad rap for being unreliable, is people half assing things like this IMOP.

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It probably isn't much of a leak around there. I wouldn't worry about it. If it is big, there are some o-rings or also gaskets you can buy to put in there. The gaskets are a bit better, but harder to find.

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From what I can tell it doesn't seem to be a very bad leak thats why I didn't really want to replace the gaskets but I probly will rather than doing something the ricer way.

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Living up to your name again I see...

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I pulled the bad gasket off and used only rtv instead of one before until I could get another one since it was late. Are you saying it would have been better to use a leaking gasket than rtv for a day until I could get another???

What else are you talking about. Nobody can say anything about you because you never had a car that ran right?

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I'm guessing that if it had been leaking for some time, one more day of a little leak probably wasn't going to hurt anything...

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MD340327 inlet elbow side of TB
MD192535 intake mani side of TB

Both are available from Mitsu.

Spray copper coat and put them on. No leaks. ;)

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Actually it was just after being put back together and swanny was coming over to help tune later in the night so it just was noticed and needed to be fixed.