Damaged TB harness during PCV repair

Abundant Meat · Post by **Abundant Meat** » 05 Jun 2016, 20:16

So as I fumbled around to get the intake manifold off during a PCV repair I pulled on the clip wrong and broke the clip for the throttle body. I can't seem to find one on any site. Is there a plug and play setup I can buy or am I up the creek without a paddle?

I kept trying to depress with my fingers and ended up splitting my hand. Then I tried to use a screwdriver...then it broke. Help on this would be wonderous!

01_Nautic_V70 · Post by **01_Nautic_V70** » 06 Jun 2016, 08:13

Do you have a picture of the connector and where the break is?

nsjames · Post by **nsjames** » 06 Jun 2016, 12:27

is it just the retaining clip you've broken?
put it back together and wrap a zip tie around both halves to secure it.

Abundant Meat · Post by **Abundant Meat** » 06 Jun 2016, 21:09

Sorry had a long day at work. Yes the retaining clip broke. It's still good on one side, but the other side tab completely broke off. I'll take a pic tomorrow and post it.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 06 Jun 2016, 21:53

I broke the clip to an coil pack connector on my wife's V70 while changing spark plugs and it would not click on to stay after that...this plastic stuff in the engine bay gets brittle! I zip tied it and that's been maybe 50K miles ago- no problem!

johnljoseph · Post by **johnljoseph** » 12 Jun 2016, 07:22

I just did the same thing yesterday. I wrapped friction tape around it and then a small zip tie as nsjames suggested.

Post by **abscate** » 15 Jun 2016, 04:54

The zip tie should match your car colour or the OCD fault will be triggered.