How to find vacuum leaks

[Rob]

Sorry Larry, I see what you're saying now. I thought you thought you had a
leak because the car was stalling when you removed your oil cap but now I
see your car is NOT stalling when you remove your dipstick so therefore you
have a vacuum leak.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
To: <rbucci at home.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: How to find vacuum leaks


> See my earlier post. Dipstick test SHOULD stall the car if the vacuum is
> good. If the car doesn't stall, there's vacuum leaks. See
> www.sjmautotechnik.com for a description of the test.
>
> LL - NY
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:11:42 -0400 "Rob" <rbucci at home.com> writes:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the stalling directly related to
> > the
> > removal of the oil cap or dipstick? In other words, isn't THAT your
> > vacuum
> > leak?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: How to find vacuum leaks
> >
> >
> > > Well,
> > >
> > > Finally got my coolant expansion bottle, installed it and while
> > waiting
> > > for the cooling fan to come on during the bleeding, I decided to
> > do the
> > > dipstick test to see if some of the stumbling and hard starts
> > might be
> > > vacuum related. Well, pull the dipstick, it stutters, loosen the
> > oil cap,
> > > stutters worse, lift the cap, it finally stalls. Soooo, I have a
> > vacuum
> > > leak. The problem, I can't tell where. The hoses I checked so far
> > look
> > > good, I know I do need a valve cover gasket, but I can't tell if
> > it's
> > > something else (it seems from the dipstick test that the leak is
> > likely
> > > more severe than a mildly seeping valve cover gasket!). I recall
> > someone
> > > on the list saying something about propane, but I'm not so sure
> > what they
> > > said...
> > >
> > > LL - NY
> >
> >
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