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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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vacuum cap and high idle

allright i am missing a vaccum cap on my motor, im just wondering what effects this will ahve on my motor, i do have it plugged but some air still leaks out, it causes loss of power somtimes, im just wondering if this will prveent better gas miles, also, my truck idles at around 1500 rmps, this seems a little high, or am i wrong?? sometimes it even goes up to around 2000 rpms, what could cause this

sorry for the long post but figured instead of adding 2 posts i would just combine them
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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The vacuum leak will cause the high idle.
I'm sure that it will also interfere with the engine management system, since that air coming in through the vacuum leak isn't going through the MAF, so the computer doesn't really know it's there.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2004 | 11:47 PM
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where is the vacumn cap at
 
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 08:08 AM
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wel i would have to say it's near the distrubutor cap area, if i can find a pic of a 4.0 ranger pic i will show you
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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okay im at school, and the comps are being gay and i dont know exactly were the cap shold be, so i will look at it during lunch or after scchool
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