cnterline

While chasing a vacuum leak on an E55 I found this expertly modified throttle shaft , I mean WTF lol

HeissRod

Weight savings

cnterline

Should be an AMG wall of shame candidate

stockC43

These cars are now cheap enough that idiots can afford them

menace2sobriety

Now THAT is rough as guts hahaha

Outta sight outta mind I guess

Did you fix your vacuum leak issue

Hotsauce55

Laser cut... wtf led them to do that?

cnterline

No,but I believe it's the bypass valve of all things ,that's the only area that reacts to carb cleaner,I tried t for vent hoses,,the black vacuum port and the vent line below that,the map sensor and iat sensor and 2 little ports on top,it's either the bypass valve or the intake gasket where supercharger bolts to heads,I need to do a little more digging before I pull the s/c ,I have a spare 74mm which I would have tried but the rocket scientist who ported that throttle shaft also glued the black cover onto the throttle body along with the connector so I have to cut the wires and make a new harness to try it there is NO way that connector is ever coming out

uraberg

The only way to use carb cleaner to find a vacuum leak these days is to keep an eye on short term fuel trim as you spray around. You will not find a noticeable difference in idle speed.

jmb614

Odd, I found a vacuum leak on my car using carb cleaner and the dashdaq was off.

Turned out to be the the bolts holding the SC onto the heads were barely finger tight. Apparently the dealer forgot to tighten them after swapping the SC clutch a couple years ago.

That TB looks like ašš, I'm thinking next year is the year to move onto something less ricey...

unagi1

Looks custom -- bet it got overnighted from Affalterbach..

jmb614

cnterline

Well when the gum out goes into a certain area the idle goes up noticeably and the throttle body opens and closes a little and it almost stalls ,at least on this 06 E55

cnterline

I'm getting close to checking those bolts lol

blackbenzz

If you lived closer I'd say bring it over. Hope you figure it out

romeomikehotel

I LOL'ed at this comment. Just for reference though, the rocket scientist who did that was the AMG engineers... that's factory. You have to trace that plug down the harness a ways to find the connector that allows it to unplug.
Goodluck

HeissRod

I think he was directing the "rocket scientist" comment at who ever poorly did the throttle body mod. That is a mod, but it is poorly done.

AMG X

Hold onto the E55 guys... there will be less and less of these on the road. Blown engines from "stupid" mods, fuel starvation, horrible maintenance... on and on. Not to mention how many are and will be wrecked. Cheap entry price to play with these beasts nowadays, but lack of skill and money to drive or properly maintain them. Sad.

cnterline

Oh my bad,I just assumed that this guy glued that cover on there because there are tabs on the connector ,first time seeing that, oooops,

HeissRod

What is with all the gunk around the edges?

cnterline

LOL Black Silly cone ,I made a gasket ,old school gasket paper.

cnterline

Ok ,turned out to be ,bad TB ,luckily I had an old 74 off my SL ,just had to make up a harness , figured I'd try that before ripping into other things ,

Ls1toAMG

Needed a new one anyway. No way that one flows better than stock. Too choppy.