Finding vacuum leaks
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*Faulty vacuum devices like: | *Faulty vacuum devices like: | ||
**AT modulator | **AT modulator | ||
| + | **Brake booster quite commonly un or misdiagnosed | ||
| + | [little harder brake pedal remove booster vac line plug & idle will improve] | ||
**Vacuum advance canister | **Vacuum advance canister | ||
**Carb choke pull-off | **Carb choke pull-off | ||
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{{Warning}}Hold propane bottle UPRIGHT during testing as liquid propane may run out of an inverted bottle. | {{Warning}}Hold propane bottle UPRIGHT during testing as liquid propane may run out of an inverted bottle. | ||
| − | {{Warning}}This MUST in a well ventilated area! Only do this outside of a garage and away from dwellings. | + | {{Warning}}This MUST be done in a well ventilated area! Only do this outside of a garage and away from dwellings. |
==Carburetor cleaner method== | ==Carburetor cleaner method== | ||
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Occasionally on engines that use the intake manifold to seal the lifter valley, you may experience a vacuum leak from the lifter valley area into the intake ports. This may be due to a bad gasket seal or because the intake manifold-to-cylinder head interface was not machined parallel (usually done to correct for [[milling cylinder heads]] and/or block). | Occasionally on engines that use the intake manifold to seal the lifter valley, you may experience a vacuum leak from the lifter valley area into the intake ports. This may be due to a bad gasket seal or because the intake manifold-to-cylinder head interface was not machined parallel (usually done to correct for [[milling cylinder heads]] and/or block). | ||
| − | No amount of propane or carburetor cleaner will find such leaks. The best way to insure there's no such problem is to use quality intake gaskets installed correctly, and to double check any machining before final assembly of the engine. | + | No amount of propane or carburetor cleaner will find such leaks. The best way to insure there's no such problem is to use quality intake gaskets installed correctly, and to double check any machining before final assembly of the engine. |
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| + | These can be found by removing pcv and plugging pcv hole and attaching vac gauge to pcv inlet, then seeing if crankcase develops vacuum! GM 3.1, 3.4, and 3,8 engines have these problems often. | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
| + | *[[Carb vacuum port ID]], including info on reading a vacuum gauge | ||
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[[Category:Engine]] | [[Category:Engine]] | ||
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