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Mutley MCS · Dec 27th, 2007, 10:15 AM

Hi everyone

I was wondering if anyone here knows if the new MCS has a heating system for the throttle body?

The reason I ask is a friend of mine has a Subaru Forrester XT (turbo) and he has found out that his throttle body has coolant lines running to it to heat it in cold climates. He has now bypassed this and has noticed an instant increase in power.

Logic tells me that the Mini is also likely to have this as it is also built for cold climates. Considering I live in Queensland, Australia and we have not had a single day below 0 degrees C since I have lived here, I don't think my throttle body will freeze and therefore this is a feature I could live without. In fact in hot climates a heater on the throttle body is a power thief.

I could pull the airbox out but I thought I would ask here to save a bit of time.

Thanks everyone!

Lynton

Dec 27th, 2007, 10:15 AM	#1
Mutley MCS Endorphine Machine Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 12:15 PM Posts: 30 Offline	Throttle Body Heating Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone here knows if the new MCS has a heating system for the throttle body? The reason I ask is a friend of mine has a Subaru Forrester XT (turbo) and he has found out that his throttle body has coolant lines running to it to heat it in cold climates. He has now bypassed this and has noticed an instant increase in power. Logic tells me that the Mini is also likely to have this as it is also built for cold climates. Considering I live in Queensland, Australia and we have not had a single day below 0 degrees C since I have lived here, I don't think my throttle body will freeze and therefore this is a feature I could live without. In fact in hot climates a heater on the throttle body is a power thief. I could pull the airbox out but I thought I would ask here to save a bit of time. Thanks everyone! Lynton