David:  Do not feel inferior, I use ether for locating the vaccum leaks and
still have my eyebrows and intact fiberglass engine lid.  Idle speed
defintely jumps when you spray the leaky spot.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Probable Area for vacuum leak

>At 18:17 8/19/99 -0400, Jason M. Yasment wrote:
>>In the case of a loopy idle on a '84 what are some likely area to have a
>>vacuum leak?  It almost sounds like it increases when you apply more
>>throttle.
>
>
>Some folks advocate spraying a little WD40 around suspected leak areas --
>when the idle changes you've found the leak.
>
>I have the notion that some other folks think that's a bad thing to do, but
>I'm not sure why...seems fairly benign to me.
>
>david
>
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"