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Subject:Re: ECU optimization -- one quick question
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:13:37 -0700

yeah, i've seen a few of those blown out, right on top of the intake
runners, either side.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: ECU optimization -- one quick question

> At 02:19 PM 8/4/2008 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>sorry to babble here - my bottom line, always consider vacuum leaks.  They
>>can really gettcha.
>
> OH YES!  And one sneaky place, on the 1.9 anyway, is where the coolant
> crossover pipe is bolted to a little M6 stud rising from the intake
> manifold.  That stud can tear out of the sheet metal and just sit there
> looking innocent...
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"