Throttle Body Gasket

[THRobinson]

I have an '03 Hemi Ram and cleaned the throttle body and put it back how I found it the same way. Recently tried replacing the whole unit because of a Red Lightning Bolt, which sadly looks like an APP Sensor issue instead. Hard to find in Canada apparently.

Anyways... watched a few 3rd gen vids and noticed that half put the rubber ring inside the plastic housing then slide the housing up around the TB opening. Then the rubber pushes against the TB. That's what I did, though took a few attempts because the ring popped out while I got the angle right, so always wondering if it's in properly and no way to really see.

The other half of the videos, show them sliding the rubber ring around the outside of the TB itself, and then they attach the housing to the opening which I guess pushes against the rubber.

Which is correct? and would that affect/cause getting the Red Lightning TB error?

Video 1

Video 2

 

[Karlsweg]

I use #2 method.

 

[THRobinson]

I used #1 because was how I found it, but again, not being able to see the thing when angling back on the housing/box makes me wonder if maybe my Red Lightning error isn't because the gasket is blocking airflow or something.

I'll switch to #2... if it ever stops snowing.

 

[Karlsweg]

Make sure the throttle body plug is connected as far as it can go. I really had to push mine on hard to get rid of the dreaded red lightning bolt.