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Old 09-10-2007, 10:13 AM
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assuming its bad, my car has 0 vacuum, ive tapped into all kinds of vac lines to make sure i had 0, wel i do. is it because my cams? hks 272's or is maybe timing off.
 
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:19 AM
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its your boost guage thats telling you?
 
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:22 AM
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yes my boost gauge is saying no vac, but when i rev it it will build a couple psi so i know its reading something.

 
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:50 AM
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it has to be the guage. I cant see you having zero vaccuum.
 
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Old 09-10-2007, 11:27 AM
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Your car would run like *** with 0 vac.

Either a leak or there is something wrong with your gauge. Try connecting another.
 
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:06 PM
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wooody u sure your vacuummhose isnt pinched behind the steering wheel? remember how you had it set up if you have the wheel up or w/e it pinches it, im sure that would affect what it reads
 
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Old 09-11-2007, 01:33 PM
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no its not bc we took out mikes gauge and hooked it up tp the same spot and there was still no vaacuum, oh well ill try another place and see if it works.
 
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Old 09-11-2007, 03:36 PM
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well ya but if there was a kink in the line then it would not read vacuumm on any guage. check the lines the whole way through the fire wall and see if there are any kinks in it
 
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Old 09-11-2007, 09:35 PM
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no we took out mikes gauge that was in his car and kooked it up outside of the car with a different line.
 
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Old 09-11-2007, 09:40 PM
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no vacuum? wouldnt that mean a loose manifold? no gaskets somewhere, or nonfunctional valves?
 
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