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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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I took my pcv system off and went to a breather in the cap on my 402 and all hell broke loose ... now its hard to start when it does start the idle dips like hell .....its bucking a surging really bad now , and when i cluth it there is like the throttle drops *** like the ( not sure the term) air cracker is gone or what ever holds the idle a little high until the vehicle stops so know when i clutch the car it it drops to 500 rpm then up to 1200 for like 25 seconds before holding the idle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have check for vaccum leaks cant find **** ? what did i do here .
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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I took my pcv system off and went to a breather in the cap on my 402 and all hell broke loose ... now its hard to start when it does start the idle dips like hell .....its bucking a surging really bad now , and when i cluth it there is like the throttle drops *** like the ( not sure the term) air cracker is gone or what ever holds the idle a little high until the vehicle stops so know when i clutch the car it it drops to 500 rpm then up to 1200 for like 25 seconds before holding the idle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have check for vaccum leaks cant find **** ? what did i do here .
When you removed the PCV system you changed the air dynamics of the engine at idle, if you have scanning capability check your IAC counts, probably maxxed out.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Did you cap everything that the pcv was leading to?
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