Plenum? Where and what is it?
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
I have a 92 F150 with a 302. I have read a couple posts where it has been said that checking the plenum gasket for leaks may be a fix to a rough idle. Can anyone please tell me where the plenum is on my truck and what it is? How do I check this? I have looked all through this repair manual of mine and I can't find anything about it. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
I believe what they mean is the upper half of the intake manifold.
I did replace the gasket on mine awhile back. The gasket came in a kit that had the Plenum gasket and all the little gaskets for the throttle body and EGR valve.
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I did replace the gasket on mine awhile back. The gasket came in a kit that had the Plenum gasket and all the little gaskets for the throttle body and EGR valve.
HTH
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
The plenum is the big aluminum piece you see sitting on top of the engine. It is the top half of the intake, it has 6 bolts that bolt it down to the intake manifold. You can buy just the plenum gasket without buying the whole set. I just replaced the one on my 92 302 lat week, I got the gasket from NAPA. My truck ran ok around town but it had no power and missed really bad under load especially at highway speeds. I had it put on a scope and all it said was that it was running lean. Everything was working right, it was just running lean. So I figured maybe sucking air somewhere so i took a shot and that was it.
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
Was your truck backfiring at all? Mine is doing that with a vengence! Seems everytime I start it lately (last few days) it starts and dies immediately. I have checked almost everything, I cleaned the egr and checked it last week, re-tightened the headers, and checked almost everythig else. I can't figure it out! It has a new air filter, and a new fuel filter. So I have no other clues as to where to look.
1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.
Can see both below.
[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]
1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.
Can see both below.
[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
No, I didn't have any backfiring. Just driving around town you wouldn't even notice it. When it started acting up is when I had my foot into it pretty good. I took it to a shop and had them do an injection cleaning, he called it a "motor-vac". Hesaid that of all the cars and trucks he does that to, the Fords seem to benefit the most. I could tell a big difference in how it started and ran.
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Plenum? Where and what is it?
I have had that done to mine but it has been almost a year since the last time. I just cannot get over this stupid backfiring, and bad hesitation. The hesitation is so bad it almost acts like the engine is dead, then it picks up power again.
1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
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1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.
Can see both below.
[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]
1988 F-150, SWB, 5.0 EFI (formerly 4.9 EFI), M5OD 5 speed, 3.08 gears, Summit shorty truck headers, Custom built Flowmaster exhaust system. Force 4 LP6000 lightbar, Federal signal PA-300 100 watt siren, Icom IC-V100 50 watt mobile radio.
=======================================
1965 F-100 (just purchased 1/18/01), SWB, 390, C-6 auto. Dual exhaust, Not much else to do to it.
Can see both below.
[link:www.geocities.com/hotrodford_88/|Hotrodford_88's Webpage]
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