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Mon May 01, 2006 7:15 pm

Can i just check i have done it right.

Its the two hoses under the idle control valve right? :mad:



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Mon May 01, 2006 7:49 pm

d6dph wrote:Can i just check i have done it right.

Its the two hoses under the idle control valve right? :mad:



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Mon May 01, 2006 7:54 pm

Good good, thought i may flood the engine.... literally! :oops:
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Mon May 01, 2006 8:45 pm

charlE30 wrote:For anyone considering this little mod Focus sell 10mm straight brass couplers (found in the plumbing section) for £1.79 and use a bit of old hose looped around to bung the holes on the TB :D

No prizes for guessing what I've just done winkeye
hi buddy can you give step by step instruction.... you know for the thick tw@ts like me :D ... photo's would be good too mate... thank you very kindly sir :wink:
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Mon May 01, 2006 10:21 pm

Widge wrote:TB MOD

4. Never change gear till the red line is reached.
I'm seriously hoping that number 4 is not necessary!
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Mon May 01, 2006 10:34 pm

Only kidding, but it does make the car faster!
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Mon May 01, 2006 10:36 pm

TW166Y wrote:
charlE30 wrote:For anyone considering this little mod Focus sell 10mm straight brass couplers (found in the plumbing section) for £1.79 and use a bit of old hose looped around to bung the holes on the TB :D

No prizes for guessing what I've just done winkeye
hi buddy can you give step by step instruction.... you know for the thick tw@ts like me :D ... photo's would be good too mate... thank you very kindly sir :wink:
All I did was remove the ICV to get access to the two hoses that run water in/out of the TB, disconnect the two hoses and join together - I used the 10mm straight brass coupler from Focus with two jubilee clips. I then used an old bit of hose to block off the inlet/outlet on the TB. Refit the ICV and hey presto :cool: Tomorrow I'm going to shorten the hoses to tidy it up and will do some photo's.. just for you TW166Y :thumb:

It's hard to say weather I can notice any difference as I've just taken off my Scorpion exhaust and fitted a standard centre with a 320is back box, the car definetly drives a LOT better but it's hard to say why.
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Mon May 01, 2006 11:41 pm

charlE30 wrote:
TW166Y wrote:
charlE30 wrote:For anyone considering this little mod Focus sell 10mm straight brass couplers (found in the plumbing section) for £1.79 and use a bit of old hose looped around to bung the holes on the TB :D

No prizes for guessing what I've just done winkeye
hi buddy can you give step by step instruction.... you know for the thick tw@ts like me :D ... photo's would be good too mate... thank you very kindly sir :wink:
All I did was remove the ICV to get access to the two hoses that run water in/out of the TB, disconnect the two hoses and join together - I used the 10mm straight brass coupler from Focus with two jubilee clips. I then used an old bit of hose to block off the inlet/outlet on the TB. Refit the ICV and hey presto :cool: Tomorrow I'm going to shorten the hoses to tidy it up and will do some photo's.. just for you TW166Y :thumb:

It's hard to say weather I can notice any difference as I've just taken off my Scorpion exhaust and fitted a standard centre with a 320is back box, the car definetly drives a LOT better but it's hard to say why.
thanks buddy pictures would be a great help cause for a moment there i thought you were speaking in german.... im a bit like trigger when it comes to engine parts if you get me winkeye so pics would be sweet! thanks your a good un :wink:
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Mon May 01, 2006 11:51 pm

TW166Y wrote: im a bit like trigger when it comes to engine parts if you get me winkeye
Have you still got the same car.......... but it's had 3 new engines and 2 new shells? :wink:
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Tue May 02, 2006 12:16 am

Widge wrote:
TW166Y wrote: im a bit like trigger when it comes to engine parts if you get me winkeye
Have you still got the same car.......... but it's had 3 new engines and 2 new shells? :wink:
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Tue May 02, 2006 7:54 pm

How to guide.. just for TW166Y :D

1. Tools required, hose screwdriver, tube to join pipes and a stanley for cutting hose (optional)

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2. Open up your bonnet :teehee:

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3. Remove ICV

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4. Disconnct the two water hose running into the TB, please note the bottom one is already removed.

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5. Insert tube into water hose and tighten jubilee clip, this is also the point to shorten hoses for a cleaner install.

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6. Connect other water hose and tighten jubilee clip

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7. Cut bit of old hose (of correct diameter) to use as a bung.

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8. Fit cut hose between the inlet/outlet's to act as a bung.

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9. Refit ICV and hey presto your done :D

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For a tidyier install when you remove the ICV remove the AFM and bellows so that you can shorten the two hoses. Sorry for the crap photo's it's quite windy outside and I was having to stop the bonnet wacking me on the head :?

I hope this helps :thumb:
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Tue May 02, 2006 8:04 pm

Class work fella :thumb:
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Tue May 02, 2006 8:12 pm

Ant wrote:Class work fella :thumb:
And thank you for letting us in on this little secret :cool:
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Tue May 02, 2006 8:35 pm

fcuk me 8O you guys move quick :D

charlE30: thats is a good write up mate, thanks :thumb:
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Tue May 02, 2006 9:28 pm

good work buddy.... :D



Dont laugh but i still dont know how to do it :P ... ill have a look tomorrow :? LOL
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Tue May 02, 2006 9:30 pm

TW166Y wrote:good work buddy.... :D



Dont laugh but i still dont know how to do it :P ... ill have a look tomorrow :? LOL
Twiggy it amazes me how u cant not know how to do that it looks easy after those pictures
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Tue May 02, 2006 9:47 pm

Amazed me before the photos, now I'm just dumbfounded :roll:
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Tue May 02, 2006 9:54 pm

it was a joke.......... :?

Lighten up fella's :D



Ok for the "haters"LoL I'll be doing this mod tomorrow... sorry if i dont tinker with engines as much as some of you may do but i have more intresting things to do like playing games with pretty young ladies "up town" :mad:

Widge suck my balls :gay:

Seriously now... i fully understand... just wanted to have some pictures to help me through it, you know with it being such a difficult modification winkeye

Thanks to Charle30 anyway buddy your a * :cheers: star*
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it was a joke.......... :?

Lighten up fella's :D



Ok for the "haters"LoL I'll be doing this mod tomorrow... sorry if i dont tinker with engines as much as some of you may do but i have more intresting things to do like playing games with pretty young ladies "up town" :mad:

Widge suck my balls :gay:

Seriously now... i fully understand... just wanted to have some pictures to help me through it, you know with it being such a difficult modification winkeye

Thanks to Charle30 anyway buddy your a *star* :cheers:
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Tue May 02, 2006 10:01 pm

charlE30 fair play mate superb pics :cool:

love the green gloves need to get the mrs some of them winkeye

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Tue May 02, 2006 10:03 pm

He he FPMSL LOL :D
And I just thought you were a bit of a spastic :wink:
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Tue May 02, 2006 10:16 pm

Widge wrote:He he FPMSL LOL :D
And I just thought you were a bit of a spastic :wink:
less of it fcuk face :moon:
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Tue May 02, 2006 11:05 pm

You two should be on stage!!! As Eko said earlier in this thread (or the other one....) We did this to my "new" 318is the other day and it did make a noticable difference. Im not sayin it was like slappin on a turbo!! So far ive had no probs with it startin or anything and it does seem to be a bit more responsive to throttle inputs.
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Wed May 03, 2006 12:01 am

Good info people, write up and pics is excellent :D

You can take this a little further, while the head was off I removed the pipe from it's clips and routed it from the head direct to the stat, it's about 4 inchs to short on it's own so I cut one length down and retained the join although if you had a length slightly longer it could be done in one.

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Wed May 03, 2006 9:16 pm

please! the guys that do this little mod can you please report back on fuel consumption.
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Wed May 03, 2006 10:03 pm

hasn't made any differance to the fuel consumption on mine and I've been running it almost a year now
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Wed May 03, 2006 10:13 pm

Wilson - after a few days driving how is the car? What real differences have you noticed? Fuel consumption, performance etc.

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Thu May 04, 2006 3:19 pm

CHARLE30 Your a *star* mate, you know why :D thanks mate
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:40 pm

TW166Y wrote:CHARLE30 Your a *star* mate, you know why :D thanks mate
He didn't come do it for you did he pete, I knew you'd never find the bonnet release catch without a picture.

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Jon_Bmw wrote:
TW166Y wrote:CHARLE30 Your a *star* mate, you know why :D thanks mate
He didn't come do it for you did he pete, I knew you'd never find the bonnet release catch without a picture.

PMSL
LOL..... i aint that bad fella! no he didnt come to see me buddy he just sent me some parts to do it! fcuking ledgend :wink:
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:26 pm

Why? Couldn't you find B&Q ???? :wink:



Sorry mate couldn't resist winkeye :twisted:
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