Page SF-33 of my '99 FSM describes the process for cleaning the throttle body. The instructions state: "Using compressed air, clean all the passages and apertures." The illustration clearly shows a compressed air gun applied to one of those capped nozzles. Other than that, they are just shown capped and I have found no other mention of them. Therefore, I believe they only exist as clean-out ports for the internal TB passages. Mine came capped from the factory. That's my story and I'm sticking to it until someone comes up with a better one.