IAC Housing
05-19-2002, 04:23 PM
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Car: 88 Firebird Formula
IAC Housing
Are all IAC Housing interchangable meaning can you take one off a 52mm Throttlebody and put it on a 58mm Throttlebody??
05-19-2002, 04:41 PM
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Car: 1986 Trans Am, 1991 Firebird
Engine: 355 TPI, 3.1L V6
Transmission: 700R4 in both
Ok, I got a question. What do you do if you snapped one of the little torx heads off the bolt when attempting to remove the IAC housing??
05-19-2002, 04:44 PM
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Car: 89RSconvtZZ4TPI
Engine: ZZ4TPI
Transmission: 700R4 TRIPP TRANNY
Take all the others out and remove the housing. You should have a stud left standing (hopefully). I'd heat the stud and attempt removal with vice grips. If not, you could probably get by without one of the torx screws. If you do get a vacuum leak, time to drill and tap some threads.
05-19-2002, 04:59 PM
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Car: 1986 Trans Am, 1991 Firebird
Engine: 355 TPI, 3.1L V6
Transmission: 700R4 in both
Originally posted by Rob P
Take all the others out and remove the housing. You should have a stud left standing (hopefully). I'd heat the stud and attempt removal with vice grips. If not, you could probably get by without one of the torx screws. If you do get a vacuum leak, time to drill and tap some threads.
Take all the others out and remove the housing. You should have a stud left standing (hopefully). I'd heat the stud and attempt removal with vice grips. If not, you could probably get by without one of the torx screws. If you do get a vacuum leak, time to drill and tap some threads.
Where could I get replacement screws that small? Would I have to go through GM?
05-20-2002, 09:30 AM
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broken screws
if you are still running the coolant through the TB, it may eventually leak into or out of the TB with a broken screw(i know mine did) It runs ok without the coolant lines hooked up.
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05-21-2002, 07:33 PM
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Car: 86 Iroc
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 700r4
My screws snapped off to. What i did was pull the rest out...pryed the housing off carefull, took some vice grips and pulled the rest out but one that broke clean off. I just got all new gaskets cleaned it real well and put it back together with new a new screw kit from GM. I did the Coolent bypass so im hoping everything will be kewl. The Screw kit from GM comes with all the screws for the TB and cost about $24 with tax...same with the gaskets too...Good luck
