[DeTomaso] Vacuum leaks? A question.

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Because carb cleaner makes a lousy fuel.

Replace the gasket and apply equal torque on the nuts that hold the carb
down,
I tighten them in a dual diagonal fashion so that they all hopefully get
squished at the same rate all the way around.

Michael




On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net> wrote:

> While searching for a vacuum leak a couple of weeks ago, using the usual
> spraying of carb cleaner around the intake & carb.  The result was
> the finding
> of an area on the left of the intake that could be the culprit.
>
> Question:  While spraying carb cleaner in this area the engine RPM's
> *decreased"
> rather than increasing as expected.  What's the significance of this
> phenomenon?
>
> Jim Gray
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