Sorry, Rob, I don't understand what you're saying. How can the engine
idle with the TB off? 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Ebersol [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 12:05 PM
To: Larry Alster
Cc: Bill Cardell; 'List Miata Power'
Subject: Re: Vacuum leak: 1.6 throttle body

My leak is on the "outside" of the tb. When I removed the tb from the
intake setup, leaving both air valves attached, it idles at what is
currently normal 1200rpm. If I put my hand of over the tb to plug it up,
the idle drops and the car almost stalls then it rises back up to about
900rpm. That leads me to believe the IAC is doing it's job at that
point.

Haven't blocked off either of the air valves. It is a 1.6 tb mounted to
the top half of a 1.6 manifold welded to the bottom half of a kia
sportage 2.0L manifold. The top have has all the OE 1.6 idle control
stuff.

At one point, way back, I had the idle set per the FM Link manual and
somewhere along the way I had an idle hiccup. There was other stuff
going on with the car at the time so I didn't pursue it - 1200rpm idle
is definitely tolerable, but 900 is better IMO. FWIW the GA emissions
actually allows a 1500rpm idle on my 90 Miata. :-\


On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Larry Alster wrote:

> But if you have another leak somewhere else now, running the screw all

> the way isn't going to stall the car since you have air coming from 
> somewhere else. Larry
>


On Jan 30, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Bill Cardell wrote:
> How about with the IAC hose blocked off? You say 1.6 TB, but is it a 
> 1.6 engine?
>
>
> Bill Cardell
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