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Re: Miss under pressure....



In a message dated 6/28/00 9:35:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sabatine@epix.net writes:

<< The car had a pretty severe miss at idle, seemed like a lean skip.  No
 >ign. scope available.  Replaced plugs, ohm checked wires, bench tested
 >coil, changed cap + rotor.  Replaced coil for testing.  Injector
 >balance test showed no problems, fuel pressure was at the low end of
 >specs but matched several other cars on the lot.  Richening engine
 >seemed to help, but not cure.  Problem was apparent at all temps but
 >worse with heat, maf connected or no, open or closed loop.  The miss
 >was bad enough that the ecm would sometimes increase idle speed at a
 >stoplight, making the driver work to keep the vehicle stopped.  The
 >problem went away as loads and rpm i >>

Is it possible you missed the vacuum line that goes to the cliamate control?  
Or a vacuum line that comes off ONE runner in the intake tract somwhere?

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