Intake boot leak result?

[Mihnea Cotet]

At 19:03 28/12/2001 -0600, texactii at csonline.net wrote:
>I noticed mention of a power loss due to an intake boot leak
>on a 5000.  Would someone be so kind as to explain how a
>leak in the intake boot causes this affect.  I am not
>disagreeing with anyone, just wanting more education - intake
>boot goes from fuel distributor to throttle body, path for intake
>air, leak means more air going to throttle throat right or
>wrong?

Right but it also means unmetered air, which would cause a lean mixture
which reduces power and increases risk of burning a hole in a piston's head
of burning valves...
This would be a lot more expensive to repair than to replace an intake hose...

Just my 0.02 Euro,

Mihnea

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