Re: vacuum leak

[Robert Myers <rmyers@wvit.wvnet.edu>]

Zheesh!  I gotta start reading these posts more closely, Brendan.  Duh!
Thanks for catching my major goof.

Pat, try spraying your under-hood rubber with ether based starter fluid
spray.  When you spray the leaking spot, the rpms will pick up.  BTW, I hope
it's obvious that the engine should be idling while you spray.

At 09:53 AM 10/10/96 -0600, you wrote:
>
>On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Robert Myers wrote:
>
>> Wrong, Pat.  Your car PASSED with flying colors.  Be glad.  Make happy
>> noises.  Bow down on your knees and make homage to the merciful, if fickle,
>> Audi gods.
>> 
>> At 05:23 AM 10/10/96 UT, Pat MArtin wrote:
>> >I did the TEST today and my 4k failed miserably.  The dipstick didn't even 
>> >make it stumble and the oil filler cap barely made the engine slow down.
>> >
>> >So the million $$ question is, how do I find the leak?
>> >
>> >Thanks for the help.
>> >
>> >Pat Martin
>> >864000csq 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
>> >stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates, K&N.
>> >95 subaru legacy 
>> >Bothell, Wa.
>> >
>> >
>> ___
>>    Bob,
>How do you figure Pat's car passed?  Pat said that it barely stumbled with
>oil cap removed.  A vacuum leak free car should stall with the cap
>removed, right?!
>Brendan Rudack
>'88 90Q
>Fenton, MI USA
>
>
>
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   Bob
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