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Subject:Re: FI Vacuum leak 83 Westy?
Date:Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:23:09 -0400

>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 06:05:28 -0500
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>From: Malcolm Bebb <bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk>
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>Subject: Re: FI Vacuum leak 83 Westy?
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>>Anyway, can anyone tell me how to check for a leak at the air distributor
>>where it meets the hose, and if replacing this length of hose is as simple as
>>it appears or will I need to separate the manifolds from the heads?
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>>TIA
>>Jeff
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>It's horribly crude but I sqirt a little WD40 (or similar) at suspected
>inlet leaks and listen whether the engine note changes...
>--
>Malcolm
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>Malcolm Bebb      bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk    Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162
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