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Car is revving in idle, you can feel it pulsing when driving. Have checked all the vacuum hoses and replaced the sensor assy.map. What else can i try?

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Hello,

This is odd, I just wrote another person with a very similar problem... Anyhow... If you think you have a vaccum leak (and I think you do too) buy a spray can of carb cleaner. Start your car and begin spraying around the intake manifold. When you find the spot that is causing your problems the engine will SPUTTER BIG TIME and may even die. You can use this trick to find vaccum leaks in gaskets or in hoses. If you find its one of the intake manifold gaskets leaking try just tightening it. Hondas have a way of getting loose bolts after a few years. Sometimes you cant get away from it and will have to replace the gasket however.

I hope this helps

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