Re: Resolved! (5KT stall at idle)

["Douglas Hurst Quebbeman" <dougq@iglou.com>]

> 	As a lot of you emphatically declared, it was indeed a vacuum leak,
> 	even though I thought I'd got them all.  The culprit was one I haven't
> 	heard mentioned in particular: it's a vacuum hose running to the
> 	intercooler right above the turbo. (I've no idea *why* there's a
> 	vacuum hose to the I/C).  It has a rubber sleeve on it with ribs
> 	running along the inside surface, presumably to keep it from
> 	getting too hot. Looked fine from above, but when I overcame
> 	sloth and actually took it out , I found two holes on the underside 
> 	-- one larger than my thumb.

I for one would be very interested in knowing the purpose of this 
vacuum line on an '85 5kt. First thought was you'v got a bypass
valve and didn't know it. Second thought is that the ECU is measuring
MAP at the IC instead of at teh manifold.

Any other guesses, listers?

snowless in southern indiana,
doug q

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