Throtlebody DIY repairs????

[kitfox]

Hey, people. I have 3.5gen 4banger and i just spotted a minor coolant leak near the underside of the throttle body. Its coming out of 1 of the hoses but on the car manual it shows them hoses being
1.Water bypass hose from water outlet
2.Water bypass hose from water bypass pipe

Its not leaking heavily more like gradual buildup, but there is a leak somewhere there definitely.

Its very awkward to access to confirm or even duct tape for time being. I was just wondering if anyone who had experience fiddling with these hoses has any easy to access secret approach. The car is a daily monolith (only car in the household that does the job of a ute, bus and vip transport) and cannot be out of service for more than several hours. Most i guess would be a weekend stretch 2 days assuming I do the shopping on another day prior.
So with 48 hours MAX what sort of repair approach am I looking at.
I have never taken the throttle body off before so not confident going that way unless absolutely necessary.

Do I need to do full coolant drain if I have to unplug these hoses?

I'm just getting into DIY repairs so not quite sure of how certain parts work yet.
But can anyone explain how the coolant cycles through these hoses cause i see a similar hose coming of from the throttle body area direct into the centre of the engine block. SO is that part of the coolant cycle because if it is maybe i can just crimp that hose down (block the coolant there) and crimp the other 2 hoses below the throttle body and that might save me draining the whole lot.

Another question in regards to
1.Water bypass hose from water outlet
2.Water bypass hose from water bypass pipe

what is the difference. Why are there 2 coolant intakes into the same area.
isn't the throttle body where Air comes in. why is coolant even coming here?

sorry for the noobish questions but I just don't feel like paying a mechanic $90+ for a simple hose fixup.

[Eye8Pussies]

unfortunately, there is no real easy way of accessing the hoses except for sticking your hands into the fray

the easiest solution is to just do the throttlebody coolant by-pass modification and then you won't have to worry about it at all. and no, you don't have to drain the coolant to do this. but by the same token, you shouldn't clamp it off either as that will affect the coolant flow design of the cooling system.

take a look in this discussion for explanations/ideas:
bypassing tb coolant line