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



Hm. Isn't that interesting.

Between that, and the fact that Bill says the vacuum diaphrams on the
dizzy's are probably shot and that my weights don't fly freely I
probably suffer from some loss of performance from this.


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> 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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