M42 kangarooing

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Dom
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:55 pm

Cruising along in low engine speeds in 1st or 2nd below 2000 rpm the engine kangaroo's a lot. Any reason?
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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:45 am

air leaks in the intake side of things ? - theres a tonne of hoses under the inlet manifold! plus the bellows might be cracked (which reminds me i need to go to the stealers)
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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:09 am

You need the Zone's finest chip and throttle body combination to sort out M42s... From personal experience and the tome of wisdom that is Brendan's iS site it would seem they're all a bit chewy at low revs. Zone kit sorted mine, and it's a good time to look for vacuum leaks when you have the TB off.
...or is it?
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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:14 am

When I fitted the zone throttle body the hoses didn't look to bad - aside from the oil breather, that's in a state.

Have got a leaking fuel hose I'm replacing tomorrow though so that might help a bit?
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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:09 am

AFM could be a little worn also.

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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:06 pm

good thinking... Will give it all a good inspection tomorrow. Any more ideas welcome!
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