[W126 Coupe] could this be my vacuum leak?

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Nope, it should get rough, throws the A/F ratio off so I beleive you
have found it.

Jonathan



On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:08:16 -0500, Shayegan, Richard
<rishayegan at davidson.edu> wrote:
> While looking for a vacuum leak, I think I found one. It's either the
> endcap on the air idle tube on the driver's side (US) bank, the tube's
> fitment on the injector holder on that side that' closes to the
> firewall, or the injector holder on that injector. I'll just replace the
> air idle tube, endcap, and fuel injector holder and seal since those are
> all cheap and that injector is super easy to remove.
> 
> The thing that I don't get is this: if that is my leak, spraying carb
> cleaner should SMOOTH out the engine, shouldn't it? Because spraying
> carb cleaner there made the engine rough (as if you were spraying in the
> air intake and sprayed too much). Still though, that's the only part
> where spraying made a difference so unless someone says otherwise I'm
> assuming that means I have a leak.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
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