[snunicycler]

Took my car in for some maintenance stuff, drivers valve cover gasket is leaking and transmission drain/fill... But he called and told me I have this bent part of my throttle body that may need to be addressed (bent about 40 degrees). I don't know what it is or why it's bent... But here are the pictures. I told him to go ahead and clean it out btw, looks gross.

What is that? is it important? Can I band it back or do I have to replace the part? What problem/symptoms would it create? So many questions...

Thanks!

 

[beef tits]

That TB cleanliness doesn't look too bad. However, the bent part should probably be replaced. Not sure what it does but it's a stop screw for a valve position of some sort.

 

[snunicycler]

Thank you sir! You got me on onthe right track, at least I had something to Google other than "screw under throttle body". It looks like it's a stop screw for the thermo element.

 

[snunicycler]

Of course I still don't know what I should do about it... I'm inclined to just bend it back but what would that do?

 

[beef tits]

It's worth a try, it's useless as-is. If it breaks you won't be missing out on anything.