Vacuum leak? don't bother fixing it, just tune your idle!!
06-29-2007, 08:16 AM
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Vacuum leak? don't bother fixing it, just tune your idle!! I'm awarding my self the Carlos Mencia "Dee Dee Dee" award.
story:
1) i installed a p/p throttle body.
2) i tore my PCV hose somehow(the rubber boot that connects the hose to the manifold)
3) my idle was allllll messed up when i started up the car
4) i thought it was the throttle body causing it because i was ALMOST certain that i didn't touch anything else(boy was i wrong)
5) had the car's idle tuned
6) ran perfectly
7) 3 months later my esteemed colleague, bruce, says "what's that sucking sound"
8) i investigate and realize my PCV boot is torn, allowing a huge vacuum leak which is what originally caused my idling problems.
So all this time i've had a gigantic vacuum leak, and it's been pulling air around my air filter.
i'm an idiot.
story:
1) i installed a p/p throttle body.
2) i tore my PCV hose somehow(the rubber boot that connects the hose to the manifold)
3) my idle was allllll messed up when i started up the car
4) i thought it was the throttle body causing it because i was ALMOST certain that i didn't touch anything else(boy was i wrong)
5) had the car's idle tuned
6) ran perfectly
7) 3 months later my esteemed colleague, bruce, says "what's that sucking sound"
8) i investigate and realize my PCV boot is torn, allowing a huge vacuum leak which is what originally caused my idling problems.
So all this time i've had a gigantic vacuum leak, and it's been pulling air around my air filter.
i'm an idiot.
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06-29-2007, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by dbirdz06
Maybe you should add "performance vacuum leak" to the mods listed in your sig.
Originally Posted by SilverSierra
Coming from the guy with the "performance exhaust leak"
Knock it off you two.
