[urq] It runs!

[Thatcher Hubbard]

Definitely, though I'm going to replace all of the old vaccum hoses
either tonight or tomorrow night, I think I'll do that before I adjust
the DC.

Like I said, the car runs much better now than it did.  The downside
is that now it's quiet enough that I can hear the fuel pump.  I guess
I should put a new pump, filter and check valve on the list.


On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:53:10 -0700, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> Now that the car is running and you've changed one variable (the number of
> vacuum leaks) - you'll definitely want to make sure your duty cycle is
> properly adjusted.  I'll bet a dollar it needs a good tweaking now...
> 
> Brandon
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:15 AM
> Subject: [urq] It runs!
> 
> > Well, on Friday night I got the car to not only start but idle.  I had
> > a few vacuum leaks, some of which were probably affecting the car even
> > before I took it apart.  The first was a tiny leak in the Michelin
> > Man.  I wrapped it with duct tape until my Aircraft Spruce hose comes
> > in, it seems to be fine.
> >
> > The leak that was making the big difference though, was the vaccum
> > hose that goes from the back-right port on that four port fitting at
> > the back of the IM.  It runs down to a sensor of some sort on the back
> > of the head and then goes into what I refer to as the "idle
> > stabilizer".  The thing on the side of the block with the two fuel
> > hoses running to it.  Anyway, one of the rubber hoses on it is a
> > tapered piece, and it had some huge cracks in it.  To get the car to
> > idle, I just pulled the hoses back to the IM and plugged a short piece
> > of hose off of that.  It doesn't seem to have any affect at all on how
> > the car runs.  Can somebody tell me what effect I should expect from
> > that?
> >
> > Anyway, the car runs much better than before.  It still idles low when
> > its cold, down at about 600rpm, which I want to get sorted before it
> > gets really cold, but it had done that since I've owned it.  Also, one
> > of my front CV boots cracked while the car was sitting.  So I won't be
> > driving it until I get that taken care of.  But it's nice to know the
> > engine is getting better rather than worse.
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