Need a new throttle body?

**DIDZ** · 31-01-2009, 08:49 PM

This sounds very much like ASV......

Originally Posted by Madz

* Rang a wrecker in Villawood - gave them the exact model number of mine and they said they had one - $250. So I drive all the way up from wollongong and when the guy brings it out it's got some pretty major damage. When I pointed it out, they swapped it for another one which looked the same, so I didn't check the model number on it but when I get back to wgong I find it's slightly different - Mine is 06A 133 063 F. This one was 06A 133 063 G. Turns out the 'G' version is for cars without cruise control. Fark..
* So I ring them up again today tell them they've given me the wrong part and Mario calls me back to say they've got another one, but I can't have it at that price - he reckon's the first guy made a mistake selling it to me at $250, that the 1.8T TBs sell for $500+, but he'd do it for $450 for me in this case, so I'd have to pay the difference if I want to swap it. Needless to say I'm not too happy with these guys - they're screwing me around big time.

gpk_gti · 31-01-2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by Madz

You seem pretty friendly, you're not near Wollongong are you?

hehe
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im friendly but not that friendly

hahhahahhahahhahahhaa ... ask dub20v his car is sitting around.........................

**geoff_gti** · 31-01-2009, 11:36 PM

So what do people reckon a reasonable price is then?
Mine is on its way out, so I'll prob be up for one soonish and I was figuring on about a grand for a new one anyway, esp with currency drops in recent months.

**h100vw** · 01-02-2009, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by geoff_gti

So what do people reckon a reasonable price is then?
Mine is on its way out, so I'll prob be up for one soonish and I was figuring on about a grand for a new one anyway, esp with currency drops in recent months.

That's a bit of a broad statement geoff, what makes you think it's on the way out.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Audi-Vw-Throttle-Body-058-133-063F-GENUINE-NEW_W0QQitemZ380100529188QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Car sParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item380100529188& _trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A 1|240%3A1318

Might be a way to save some $$$s.

gpk_gti · 01-02-2009, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by geoff_gti

So what do people reckon a reasonable price is then?
Mine is on its way out, so I'll prob be up for one soonish and I was figuring on about a grand for a new one anyway, esp with currency drops in recent months.

id start looking on ebay from now... ebay.com ,ebay.co.uk and ebay.de,look for sellers that accept paypal and if they dont write post international ,ask anyway... most do post.

**geoff_gti** · 01-02-2009, 03:30 PM

Cheers guys. Mine has been cleaned/serviced once already and the intermittent idle fault has started coming back occassionally. (You know the deal, idles up & down between 1200 and 1400rpm or so, air con seems to cut out, and cruise control disables itself lol)

Can they be serviced a few times or will it need to be replaced soon? The car went into 'safe mode' once too which I'm pretty sure was related, just lost acceleration power as though it wasn't boosting. Was fine again next time I drove and hasn't happened since.

Oh and the gearbox has decided to start banging intermittent when I select 1st if I'm not completely stationery....but that's another topic. No I haven't been thrashing it!!

**Madz** · 01-02-2009, 03:42 PM

Yep, sounds like what mine's doing - it only runs 5psi boost in safe mode too which just isn't enough

Also on hot days in syd traffic (coming back from the wrecker) it's clearly not an option to have no A/C below 2000rpm

If it's just a carbon build up causing it to play up, this can be cleaned as often as need be - pretty simple job and seems to commonly solve the problem. From what I've been able to work out though there are no servicable components inside them so if something fails internally you are up for a new one.

That said I've currently got mine open having a sniff around inside it for anything obviously wrong. If I can figure out how I'll post up some pics. It's quite elaborate in there, but definately not $1000+ elaborate!!