Freshdub
Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2015
Posts: 47
Location: Calgary, ab
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 Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Got a new screw clamp for now (hex head rather than phillips) and readjusted everything on the intake boot to make sure its snug and tight.
Swapped out my dist rotor and cap as well.
Problem seems to be gone, and the flickering on the coolant light has stopped as well. Vacuum indeed seems to be the culprit here, with the stress of the airbox clamp pulling it to the passenger side added with a long hot drive and all the vibration that goes with it, i believe the bottom side of the afm to boot junction had a less than perfect seal after cooling off and ran like crap the next morning until it was re-seated and a new screw clamp tightened down nicely.
For now ive left the airbox clamp off, will come up with a better less stressful solution later.
New intake boot is in the mail (piece of mind replacement, plus its getting pretty gross on the underside) and im going to look into either smoke testing the vacuum areas a la this link
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=461116&highlight=vacuum+smoke
Or i will try the propane torch route, any tips or opinions?
Either way, i seem to be running well again. Love the community, appreciate all the responses. Hope someone else can find useful info from this thread in the future. |
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