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Old 01-16-2007 | 03:52 PM
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there was a vacum leak n my egr valve hose would that have me look mpg...and some horsepower cuz its been for a good while prob...sence i bought it thxs
Old 01-16-2007 | 05:18 PM
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there was a vacum leak n my egr valve hose would that have me look mpg...and some horsepower cuz its been for a good while prob...sence i bought it thxs
Old 01-16-2007 | 05:38 PM
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there was a hole in my egr valve hose, which was making me rev higher in rpms...im just askin if it was a vacuum leak could i have been losing mpg, or hp?
Old 01-16-2007 | 05:55 PM
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would be loosing gas mileage and hp because it would have been running lean.
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there was a vacum leak n my egr valve hose would that have me look mpg...and some horsepower cuz its been for a good while prob...sence i bought it thxs
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Old 01-16-2007 | 07:03 PM
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do you think if it was running lean it would be a noticable loss? and im sorry for the spelling...on everything haha




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