Today i have mostly bought:

Level 5 User Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 112

One laguna throttle body but using a later megane stepper motor for added value! (cross swap at the scrappy Wink

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One megane inlet from what i think was a later E7J revsion, possibly a 1.6 and therefore a different engine but i didnt check. has the extra mounting bracket necessary for my phase 3 engine management stuff:

One laguna TB airbox hose. Good for attaching a nice big cone to the end and getting some decent airflow into the engine rather than the restrictive panel filter and OE airbox job.

Decided to give everything a clean so stripped the TB and cleaned it first. This is what it looked like when i got it home.

Then after a clean and strip. Notice the wires are different colours. This is because i removed the old injector plug and used from a meggy TB at the scrappy because the laguna wires were in poor nick:

Inlet before:

Half way through its clean up:

Didn't take a pic of it finally done but it looks miles better. Also flushed out the rust inside the coolant passage.

Now for the quiz question Very Happy

First prize to who can guess what this is at the bottom of the inlet manifold. NOTE: this is normally blanked off on other E7J revisions i believe.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

it is an E7J inlet manifold. No 1.6 was SPI.

the thing under the inlet manifold is a manifold preheater, its used on some clios.

you need to open up the hole for the large TB btw.

Level 5 User Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 112

ah yeah i thought it was some kind of heater. Just couldn't think why the inlet would be heated when the air running through it is better cold not warm.

Will bore out the inlet throat but its a slow process gather parts first.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if the airs to cold then fuel falls out of suspension and puddles.

detremental to economy, emmisions and power