Re: Throttle Body Coolant Bypass?
 

bug67ph@gmail.com wrote in news:1162443893.158896.214150
@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

>
> Thanks. I was really not planning on doing it.
>
> However, I saw that on newer models with roughly the same engine (same
> engine block, but with VTEC), Honda has done this exact bypass! But I
> would think that they had reprogrammed ECU to handle this, right? If I
> did it without the ECU's "consent" so to speak, fuel consumption would
> go up, right?
>
>


Probably.

Some models carry their coonlant internally instead of through an external
hose, so you wouldn't see the bypass route.

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TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
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Re: Throttle Body Coolant Bypass?
 

bug67ph@gmail.com wrote in news:1162443893.158896.214150
@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

>
> Thanks. I was really not planning on doing it.
>
> However, I saw that on newer models with roughly the same engine (same
> engine block, but with VTEC), Honda has done this exact bypass! But I
> would think that they had reprogrammed ECU to handle this, right? If I
> did it without the ECU's "consent" so to speak, fuel consumption would
> go up, right?
>
>


Probably.

Some models carry their coonlant internally instead of through an external
hose, so you wouldn't see the bypass route.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/