I've heard of some people eliminating these things because they stop working and it's not really needed. Well thanks to a previous post we now know how to fix them but is there any other reason to eliminate them? Does hot coolant transfer heat to the throttlebody/intake? I bought a Bored TB that doesn't have it and I expected it to since my AEBS manifold doesn't have accommodations for it.

 

yes, the hot coolant warms up the intake air

itr's dont have one on their TBs...

 

Right, but they have OBD2 which is designed not to have the FITV. I'm running a PR3 OBD0. I really don't want to have to hold my gas pedal down to hold an idle after every cold start.

 

I dont have to hold the gas down to get it to idle on mine.. I just adjusted the idle screw on the TB after the car was warmed up and it works great..

 

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everytime u start ur car u do that!!?

 

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everytime u start ur car u do that!!?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Uhh. no.. The first time I did it and it works fine all the time now.. That would kinda suck to have to adjust the idle screw everytime you start your car..

 

I was thinking the same thing...lol. Okay, good to know you can compensate for the FITV by adjusting the idle screw a bit.

 

my friend took out his FITV on his nonOBD setup... never had to hold down the idle on a cold start. you live in so cal...

 

I think the FITV is for cars in REALLY cold *** climates, but not too sure why some cars come with and some without.

 

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Agreed. Californians dont need the FITV.

 

I live in GA and for some reason or another I lost my cold idle a while back. No CEL, so fine with me. I tried cleanin them out yadayadayada, but it's not that aggrivating when you first start your car.

It's not like it's "hard" to start or anything.

 

In Seattle I am without my FITV and it sucks.. I have to hold down the throttle a bit until the engine is ready to idle on it's own.