Cheap Volkswagen Taro Throttle Body
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A buyer's guide to used Volkswagen Taro throttle body
No two throttle bodys are quite the same across different vehicles, so getting the specifics right matters when you buy used, second hand or a replacement. Answer a few quick questions below and breakers will only quote if they have the exact matching part in stock:
- State whether it's petrol or diesel
- State the engine code if known
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Fitment questions
Does the Volkswagen Taro have a throttle body?
No — the Volkswagen Taro (sold in the UK from around 1989 to 1997) was a rebadged Toyota Hilux pickup and was only ever offered with carburetted petrol or mechanically injected diesel engines; neither type uses a throttle body in the electronic sense. Carburetted engines use a carburettor to meter fuel and air, while the diesel variants use a mechanical injection pump, so there is no electronic throttle body fitted to any Taro variant. If your Taro is running rough or has an air/fuel metering issue, the part you are most likely looking for is a carburettor (petrol models) or a fuel injection pump (diesel models).
I searched for a throttle body for my Taro petrol — what should I actually be looking for?
Petrol-engined Taro variants use a carburettor, not a throttle body, so searching for a throttle body will not return the right part. You should be asking breakers for a carburettor matched to your engine code, which you can find on your V5 or via a VIN check. Because the Taro shares its mechanicals with the Toyota Hilux of the same era, a breaker specialising in Japanese pick-ups or Toyota parts may also be able to help.
Could the diesel Taro have any kind of throttle body fitted?
No — the diesel Taro uses a mechanically governed fuel injection pump (typically a Toyota-sourced unit), which controls fuelling without any electronic throttle body. There is no variant of the Taro, in any year of production, that left the factory with an electronic throttle body fitted. If you are having fuelling or running problems on a diesel Taro, the components worth investigating are the injection pump, injectors, or fuel lift pump rather than a throttle body.
A breaker has listed a throttle body described as fitting a Taro — is it worth buying?
Almost certainly not for a standard Taro, since no Taro variant was factory-fitted with an electronic throttle body, and a listing like that is most likely a cataloguing error or relates to a different vehicle entirely. Before spending money, contact the breaker directly, give them your registration and engine code, and ask them to confirm exactly which part and which vehicle it came from. If your Taro has been modified with a later engine swap, the answer could be different, but that would depend entirely on what engine has been fitted.