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Date: 24 Jun 2004 18:42:35 GMT
From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net>
Subject: Re: Just had my worse nightmare.......


On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:30:11 +0100, MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > Clutched in quick, turned it over, fired up and started off agin. > Got to some slow traffic, and then every time it dropped to idle speed, > or on over-run, it would die. Worst 15 mins of my driving life, slowing > through the gears while braking, then trying to dip the clutch, and use > the handbrake (crawling speed) to keep the revs up with my other foot. Sounds like an air/vacuum leak, mate. > Then I noticed, the hose from the rocker cover to the intake manifold > was off. Popped it back on, and it idled sweetly again. Popped it off, > immediate death of the engine. Ah. Yup, makes sense. > So as a precaution I have replaced it with a length of silicon VAC hose > in a fetching shade of blue to match all the other VAC hoses. Fired it > up, never ran so sweetly. I've also had similar symptoms on a c900 when I over-stomped the loud pedal, resulting in the pressure hose on the cold side of the turbo blowing off. Gravity held it in place, usually, but under boost it'd blow loose again & performance sucked accordingly. That one was just a hose clamp tightening at the side of the road - funny thing was, I had diagnosed the failure (correctly) before pulling over, despite never having had the problem nor heard of it before. Just something about how it was breathing, y'know? Dave

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