[DMCForum] Re: you (yes YOU) have a vacuum leak

["erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know what the vacuum advance solenoid looks like.  Could you 
give me a part number?  Yes, I am being serious.

Erik



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Mine is brand new. That bitch better not leak.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:07 PM
> > To: DMCForum
> > Subject: [DMCForum] you (yes YOU) have a vacuum leak
> > 
> > I recently tested the vacuum advance solenoids from 4 DeLoreans, 
and all
> > of
> > them leaked air through the base of the electrical connection.  
Some
> > leaked
> > worse than others but ALL of them leaked.  Two of these cars are 
daily
> > drivers, and fixing the leak made a noticeable improvement.  I 
just sealed
> > the leaks using oxygen sensor safe silicone caulk.
> > 
> > I knew I had some vacuum leaks on my daily driver, so I used a 
hand vacuum
> > pump to see if the line supplying the ignition advance and CPR 
held
> > vacuum.
> > It didn't.  It lost vacuum as fast as I could work the pump.  
The culprit
> > was the vacuum solenoid.  I was going to scarf one off of 
another car when
> > I
> > found that one leaked too.  So I try yet another car and that 
one also
> > leaked.  Moments later a friend drove up in his DeLorean, and as 
he got
> > out
> > of the car I said, "You have a vacuum leak!"  And sure enough he 
did.  On
> > hard acceleration his valves rattled.  He thought his valves 
needed
> > adjusting.  But the leak on his solenoid was bad enough that it 
wasn't
> > advancing enough under hard acceleration.  All of these 
solenoids leaked
> > faster than I could work the pump, so that is a pretty 
significant leak.
> > 
> > Y'all go check your vacuum solenoids and report back how damn 
clever I am.
> > :-)
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> >



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