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Geo Tracker Vacuum Leak

By LiZzIe - usenet poster


I just pruchased a 95 Tracker with the 16 valve engine. It seems to have
what I would describe as a vacuum leak (It is a pretty loud leak that
you can hear inside the vehicle) that you hear only when lightly using
the addelator. If you are acceleratoring hard it goes away, if you are
ideling you can't hear it only when lightly pushing on the gas. I can't
duplicate it when the vehicle is parked.

The engine seems to run great with the possible exception being the
engine rpm seems to take awhile to go down and then the tach looks like
it does it in stages dropping to about 1500 prm a hesitation then down
to about 1k rpm then down to idle.

I've checked all the vacuum lines on the top of the engine as well as
the connections from the airbox to the intake.

The sound is almost like the sound when there's no air filter on a
carbarated engine.

Anyone have any ides what the problem might be.

Thanks

Wayne Favre
Bothell, WA

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LiZzIe

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Wayne

It sounds like it could be the same problem that my 89 tracker had.

It was a vacuum leak that was virtually undetectable and certainly not
reproducable when at the dealers shop.

The easy way to find a vacuum leak is to use a blowtorch.

NOT an oxy/acetelene set of torches...a simply propane bottle and screw-on
torch head.

DO NOT USE IT LIT

Now that I have given you the warnings

Start the vehicle, let it idle. Open the hood. Turn on the torch slightly,
do not light the torch, we only need the propane. Direct the stream of
propane at the various hoses around the engine.

When the engine revs, pull the propane away. If the revs go down, repeat to
confirm the increase in revs at that point.

Propane sucked into a vaccum leak will cause the motor to rev. It has worked
for me on several occasions.

Good luck and dont use flamejust the propaneand not too much.

Blair

aka Tonka

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