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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:03 pm    Post subject: air leek Reply with quote

hi guys i have a problem with my car ive got a air leek somewhre from the airbox to the tb i dont no what it is but myef xr8 is going like a peice of s**t
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe you could be a bit more specific about your car and the fault?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok its a ef xr8 2 um its got a air leek soomwhere im having troble finding it just not going like it should
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

easy way to find it is to spary some thing flamble around where the leak is to find it when the engine picks up revs/ changes note then u have found the leak spray every where eg inlet manifold pcv system ect
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

best thing for finding intake manifold leaks is aerostart.... just go easy with it cos saying it's volatile is a bit of an understatement
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What happened before the car started running like a pig - did it backfire?
Does it come back to life under full throttle or does it feel like cylinders are missing when the revs pick up?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if u give it a bit its not as bad, before it was perfect
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK - so it is an air leak for sure - did it backfire before it started running bad (My NL did this and blew the cap off the spare vacuum port on the underside of the upper intake manifold)
I would start looking at the condition of all your vacuum hoses first.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah im sure its a air leek it was running ok till last night werei gave the limo a work out and dont afew durnout then id didnt sound right
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MrLandau wrote:
OK - so it is an air leak for sure - did it backfire before it started running bad (My NL did this and blew the cap off the spare vacuum port on the underside of the upper intake manifold)
I would start looking at the condition of all your vacuum hoses first.
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Mine did exactly the same thing. I think that would be a good place to start !
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grab an air hose and hold it to your ear, with other end trace around induction listening for leaks.While engine runing...
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine did exactly the same thing last night, coincidence ????

It was the little curvy silencer part of the intake duct that is held to the shocky tower by a spring. It is held into the rubber intake pipe, between the MAF and the TB, with a hose clamp. Mine had come loose and it was leaking a s**t load of air.

I have since fixed the leak, screwed it back in tight and now runs great.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah i tryed that it was loose so i fixed that and but glue over that but still leakingsome where it driving better now but the air leak is pissing me off down anyone know where i can get that hose that goes from the tb to the maf without that part on the side so just a lenght of hose
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gavxr8 wrote:
yeah i tryed that it was loose so i fixed that and but glue over that but still leakingsome where it driving better now but the air leak is pissing me off down anyone know where i can get that hose that goes from the tb to the maf without that part on the side so just a lenght of hose


Prolly have to make your own. All the V8s had the intake resonator up until EL. Not sure about AU - maybe worth looking into. Otherwise, anything you can make to fit on there should be fine so long as it all fits airtight.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

does anyone know about the au or the ba,
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EB Series 1 V8's had a "straight" rubber pipe from MAF to TB (Without that dog turd looking thing)
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or you can go and buy a Herrod "Power pipe" if you like spending money.
I have one on mine - but only because I couldn't find anything else at the time I was pulling the gas off my car - It seems to work allright.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how much are we looking at
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No idea - I purchased mine second hand.

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