At various points had thought to do that but since new parts were
installed, (runner boots, TB seal etc.) and all *looked* fine, I made an
assumption. Will check further for any vacuum leaks.

With the engine lid off, and driving, I can hear a brief whistle sound when
throttle moves through roughly the first 1/3 of travel, under load. Sound
comes from throttle body area. Will listen with a tube.

@ Alistair: yes yes. I know.     ;)

At this point engine drives ok and I'm being pretty picky. Time to get to
other issues like the long heater hoses. They look old!

Neil.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 6/26/2012 6:23 PM, neil n wrote:
>
> The TB seal may have been leaking.
>
>
> Hi, don't you test for intake leaks with spray carb cleaner ?
> that's the common way to find intake leaks on a running engine.
>  Or listen with a listening hose, that's very effective too.
>
> I have found as many as 8 to 10 tiny air intake leaks from TB, to plenum,
> to intake runner boots, to the the heads.
>
> one MUST chase down any and all intake leaks, no matter how small, if they
> want the engine to do everything right.
>

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