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Had a vacuum leak on my 97 2.5L. I could hear but not locate. So I made this cheap smoker using a $6+change hand liquid transfer pump from HF. (I used my 20% off coupon).
I attached the red hose from the hand pump to the vacuum hose from the brake booster. I used a round rubber thing I found in the shop and it fit perfectly to plug up the throttle body.
I had to buy a pack of 5 cigars cuz they were the right size cigar to fit the hand pump. $7+change.
Here's the set up with the cigar attached. Lit the ceegar and pumped the hand pump. Within a minute I found the vacuum leak, a plastic tube from the gas tank to the purge canister cracked. Repaired the plastic line and she runs like new.
So for under $15 it's diagnosed and fixed, a nifty cheap vacuum line test.
Had a vacuum leak on my 97 2.5L. I could hear but not locate. So I made this cheap smoker using a $6+change hand liquid transfer pump from HF. (I used my 20% off coupon).
I attached the red hose from the hand pump to the vacuum hose from the brake booster. I used a round rubber thing I found in the shop and it fit perfectly to plug up the throttle body.
I had to buy a pack of 5 cigars cuz they were the right size cigar to fit the hand pump. $7+change.
Here's the set up with the cigar attached. Lit the ceegar and pumped the hand pump. Within a minute I found the vacuum leak, a plastic tube from the gas tank to the purge canister cracked. Repaired the plastic line and she runs like new.
So for under $15 it's diagnosed and fixed, a nifty cheap vacuum line test.
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