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SeaFoam discovers Vac Leak

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Ok, I Seafoamed my engine and after start up I noticed smoke from under the hood. Now I've had a couple of issues like stalling when stopping or if I take my foot off the gas pedal quickly. I checked under the hood in the area of the smoke only to find a bolt missing from the back of the intake where that U shaped pipe is bolted. I'll continue to check but if I hadn't of Seafoamed in preparation for a clean air inspection I never would of notice that bolt. Yah Seafoam
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it must've washed away all that gunk that was sealing crack like gasket.
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i love sea foam use it every 15k miles on gas engine and oil
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mitmaks wrote:it must've washed away all that gunk that was sealing crack like gasket.
Excuse me Sir, my engine has no g g gunk (I can hardly repeat it). I'm sure when the intake was installed someone didn't torque that bolt properly. Gunk, hmm, the nerve. :wink:
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Nice :)

Hopefully your engine runs smooth now.
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I went over and checked on my spare ZE, (we all have spare ZE's don't we :D ) anyway the bolt was missing on that engine as well so I guess that intake cross over tube part is only held together with one bolt at each end. Strange, now I have to trouble shoot where the leak is. If anyone knows where to buy those little place line plugs please let me know. I want to replace all the plugs on my engine.
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There's only 1 bolt because that tube has o-rings.
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I'm going to check those little black rubber condoms and then the VRIS for leaks.
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