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Finding a vacuum leak

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Subject: Finding a vacuum leak
From: James Babcock <jbabcoc@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 05:37:05 -0700 (PDT)
My 1987 pickup seems to have a vacuum leak.  I have heard of ways
to find a leak such as spraying starting fluid onto the hoses.
When the engine races, the leak has been found.

Unfortunately, this leak seems to be present only when the
engine is warm.  It's probably behind one of the temperature-sensitive
vacuum switches in the system.  I'm not real happy about spraying
starting fluid near hot exhaust manifolds...does anyone else have
any ideas about how to track down this leak?

TIA

Jim

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