I've always heard you can try to locate a vacuum leak by spraying some carb cleaner in various areas of the intake. Listen for an increase in rpm and you've found the leak. I've never done this myself, but it may be worth a try.
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, DocWyte wrote: > Lately my GLI has started to "lope" at idle when up to > temp. Idle speed is up to around 1000 or so, and it > bumps up and down rhythmically quickly. When I > decelerate in a low gear and get around 1500 rpm the > car will buck a bit unless I put in the clutch. > > All vacuum lines are new in the car, new O2 sensor, > knock sensor, throttle switch. I suspect a vacuum > leak, but since I replaced all the lines I'm a bit > stumped. The air intake boot looks good. I bought > some contact cleaner today to clean all the electrical > plugs, but I haven't had a chance to get to it. > > Any other suggestions? Car runs and drives fine > otherwise... > > -josh > > ===== > Josh Wyte > Momentum Motorsports > 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
