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Looking at a 2003 Park Ave, things to be done ?

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Old 02-25-2011, 09:53 PM
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Oh also is that a tapered pipe tap or straight ?
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The one I have is tapered.
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so if my UIM has a hole in it alread I can still do this ??

2) why did the factory have coolant going thru the UIM ?

3) so i need to drill the holes out a little BEFORE using the tap ??

4) will everything else seal up ok if I reuse the leaky UIM ??

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Yes, this is the fix for a bad UIM
Not a clue why they run coolant up to the throttle body.
The hole is a little to small for a 1/4" tap, so drill it out to the correct size for a 1/4" tap
Yes, it will
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