How to find vacuum leaks

[Larry C Leung]

Exactly.

LL - NY

On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:15:52 -0400 "Rob" <rbucci at home.com> writes:
>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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