Help!! I killed it!!!!!

[TurboXT]

Ok, so I put on a new intake on my carbbed EA81, I used an SPFI snorkel, and ditched the air box, it ran good for about a minute, then started idling real rough, and it wants to die as I take off from a stop.

 

I noticed a little valve on the air box that is called the idle compensating valve or something, this is connected into the filter now. Still no dice.

 

However!! I noticed an exhaust leak at the cat-to-tail pipe flange, and it seems pretty big.

 

Can an exhaut leak make the car idle really rough, and want to die on acceleration?

 

Thanks

 

Rick

[hatchsub]

Yes! If the leak is big enough it can. I had an exhaust manifold leak on my suby and it idled real rough and wanted to die at stops too. If i didn't completly floor it it would die. Not to mention it sounded like hell.

[TurboXT]

Sweet, I'll have to fix it tomorrow then at like 5am before I go to work and see if that helps.

 

 

I also had the little compensator in the wrong place, that smoothed the idle out a little, but now it's a little hard starting, and backfires.

 

It has to be the exhaust like you said.

 

Thanks Hatchsub!!!

 

Rick

[jeffast]

don't take all the credit i helped to

rick get some pics up here come on

[TurboXT]

Soon Jeff, soon.....I patched the exhaust together using a small bottle of liquid copper gasket, and a "new" gasket in between the other two that were on there.

 

I need to get one from the dealer!!!

 

We'll see if it works!

 

Rick