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 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1706996/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30509&media=atkins> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1706996/rand=281873075> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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