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Re: urq idle problem solved



In message <9811061718.AA48808@fluhr.austin.ibm.com> ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr) writes:

> The problem is due to a leak in the valve cover/engine area.  If I
> pinch off the vacuum hose at the connection to the valve cover, the
> car idles and runs beautifully.  If I let it open, the car runs
> extremely lean at idle.  The vacuum hose is not split, so the
> problem must be with some gaskets or seals.  For now I have pinched
> the hose closed with a tie-wrap so the car runs.

The underside of the three-way junction hose?

Roger Galvin's went bad last week and caused the same problems.  A
sod to find.

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 Phil Payne
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