"... Hopefully the Duct tape is not your final fix? ..."
There isn't enough duct tape in the world...

In search of more leaks, I drove around with the hatch cover off (and
everything else inside the van fully secured against drifting in the
breeze).

Through the open hatch at various loads and speeds, I heard wheezing and
whistling like so many dwarves from the engine compartment.
--is it normal to hear hissing and such obvious suction/vacuum sounds from
the engine?

g

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:58 PM Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hopefully the Duct tape is not your final fix?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:55 PM Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Reading some of the recent threads has reminded me that you folks got me
>> away and then back home again a few weeks ago, just by getting some common
>> sense into me through the generous postings.
>>
>> Van started stalling in heavy traffic whenever I took my foot off the gas
>> on our way out for a weekend.   I quickly learned to bump start it using
>> the remaining forward motion; but checked it out at the next gas station
>> and found a sizable vacuum leak, a rubber hose connecting the plenum bit
>> on
>> top of the engine to the pipes to the cylinders
>>
>> Prior to that day, I would not have known what a vacuum leak was.  It was
>> because of this list that i applied myself to step out of my comfort zone.
>> I then applied some duct tape over the hose which I had cleaned of excess
>> dust and crud.
>>
>> Cheers to you,
>> gab
>>
>
>
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