Throttlebodies - What is different on the facelifts to the pre-facelifts?

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Since it looks increasingly like I need a new TB, what are the differences between a FL and a pre-FL throttlebody? as far as I understand their is some differences that mean non compatbility and I would like to avoid that when taking a punt on eBay.

 

[frank]

its just the coilpack ones that are different

 

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its just the coilpack ones that are different

Anyway to visually distinguish them? want to be certain I am ordering a pre-facelift distributor type TB unit.

 

[frank]

yes very different, there will be some pics on here somewhere

 

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yes very different, there will be some pics on here somewhere

Thanks makes sense now when on eBay how some looks a bit weird, was thinking they where early K12 ones!.

Out of third party TB's is their any known to be avoided?

 

[.Maarten]

Do you need a dizzy or a coilpack one? For the coilpack ones make sure you get one with a genuine Bosch maf in it. For the dizzy ones it doesn’t really matter but you can solder te maf connectors on it. They tend to go bad and that way you can fix it 9/10 times.

 

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Do you need a dizzy or a coilpack one? For the coilpack ones make sure you get one with a genuine Bosch maf in it. For the dizzy ones it doesn’t really matter but you can solder te maf connectors on it. They tend to go bad and that way you can fix it 9/10 times.

Dizzy, found one on Aliexpress that looks suitable, working on trying to remove the wax stat on my current TB thanks to a stripped screw it's become a bit of a pain with my limited tools.