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Old 10-24-2007, 11:50 AM
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Default With this I'll be on my fourth Throttle Body so far...
How can this part be so sh***y? I'm getting the dreaded 17953 code that won't clear again!!!

Anyone been so unlucky?
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Have you done any R&R to your PCV system? My car is still on it's original TB after 164k miles.
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Default it might be your ecu... mine was doing that and I had to order an ecu from a recycler
the ecu was not remembering the tb alignment specs
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Re: Every how long a time did it "forget"?
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Re: Forgive my ignorance, what do you mean by R&R to my PCV system?
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Default Initially I read... "My car is still on it's original Timing Belt after 164k miles." instead of
throttle body.
I was like !!!!???? Oh wait, read the whole thing. : )
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Default Repair/replace the PCV system
<ul><li><a href="http://www.scottweese.com/images/pcv/pcv.html">Assuming you have the 1.8, follow this guide</a></li></ul>
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Fvck no! LOL.
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Re: Excellent write-up. Did this about a year ago, but leaning on thinking TBs are badly designed
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Re: What were "your" symptoms?
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