V8 troubles
cobram at juno.com
cobram at juno.com
Fri May 24 12:36:31 PDT 2013
A V8 doesn't have a vacuum brake booster.
Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com> writes:
> I may be way off, but it almost sounds like there's a problem with
> the
> brake booster vacuum line. The booster isn't getting the vacuum it
> needs,
> and the engine is sucking in gobs of un-metered air.
The car could have a bad master cylinder which is locking up one or more
of the calipers. It gets worse the more you drive or the hotter it gets
if this is the problem. The engine may be struggling to overcome the
binding caliper(s).
BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
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