the two hoses on the throttle body?

[scottiemorris]

i read somewhere that disconnecting the water hoses on the throtle body and joining them together make the tb cooler as they they are to help it warm up in very cold weather is this correct? as i done this thinking it made sense as its never that cold here,, but i just read they are for cooling it rather than heating it up? have i made a mistake, what do they really do?

[Alex]

yep, i know on the 318is it has a heater plate, which you can disconnect. Apparantly its suppose to improve throttle responce

[cliffybabe]

yeah i took mine off the TB and joined the pipe ive read that it makes it alot better

[Alex]

is it the same for all models then, i pressumed it was only the 318is that had it

[cliffybabe]

na 6pots too

[Alex]

[bene30jane]

and the m40 has it too, i think it would alter the fueling as i think its some thing to do with the auto choke?.... could be wrong though.....

[scottiemorris]

cheer's guys

[daimlerman]

Do use a single length of suitable hose,this eliminates two pipe joins and therefore two places where water can leak from. Does seem silly to heat the T/B when we go to a lot of trouble to encourage cold air to enter it!!