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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 1-January 08 From: Farnham UK Member No.: 8,526 Region Association: England ![]() |
On my 1.7l one of the distributors vacuum hoses is disconnected and a bolt chucked in the end, why would this be? My mechanic servicing it has just spotted this and said that it would be giving me zero advance, so wants to obviously reconnect as per standard.
Any ideas why this would have been done by the PO?? |
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
The only time you're going to get vacuum advance is when the motor is pulling good vacuum ... (now there's a brainstorm)
1.) Cruise @ steady throttle (gas mileage) 2.) Deacceleration with closed throttle (emissions control supposedly) All the advance you need for rapid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) acceleration is mechanical ... |
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