1997 Ford f150 4.9. Why is there anti freeze in the throttle body.
Aug 22, 2009 at 5:34 AM
1997 Ford F150 coolant
CHRISTINE MAHONEY
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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
Aug 23, 2009 at 8:38 AM
you may have a cracked throttle body if it's one of those heated throttle bodies Ford used around that time frame for icing
Aug 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM
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