1997 Ford F-150 coolant

Tiny
CHRISTINE MAHONEY
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1997 Ford f150 4.9. Why is there anti freeze in the throttle body.
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 AT 12:34 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Hard to say. But since you have a wet manifold you could have a bad manifold gasket and the water is evaporating up there. Or you can have a badgasket on the throttle body or a cracked manifold or throttle body. Pressureize the throttle body and check. You should be able to do so by hooking up an air hose on the throttle body coolant hose and plugging the other
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 AT 3:38 PM
Tiny
MJR346
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You may have a cracked throttle body if it's one of those heated throttle bodies Ford used around that time frame for icing
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Monday, August 24th, 2009 AT 3:09 PM

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