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Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:18 pm

Ok... one question for you experts out there!!

if the gasket between the manifold and the throttlebody was F----D how would the car drive like?


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Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:26 pm

would have an air leak so no power low down would hunt quite bad and poss cut out at idle
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Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:10 pm

Ok matey, thanks for your reply, im getting something like that with loss of power, so have ordered the gasket needed which mine does look very bad!


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Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:36 am

mixture would be lean and it would run like s--t,ideal mixture for combustion is: 14 parts air to 1 part fuel,,fireman tom, tommyspanner.
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Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:20 pm

I bought some gasket paper and made one, worked a treat.
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Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:27 pm

bluff467 wrote:I bought some gasket paper and made one, worked a treat.
Lol - they're only pennies from the dealer :mad:
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