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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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A few questions

#1 how can you determine if your brake booster is bad? Will it make any noise? or will ur pedal just frre spongey
#2 Its getting down to 30 to 25 degrees tonight i plugged my block heater in any way to tell if its working properly?
#3 how do u know if u have a bad injector? while in od crusing at 45mph at like 1600rpm with little load on the motor the motor is going ruhha, ruhha ruhha ruhha ruhha. could this be a bad injector
 
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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#1 how can you determine if your brake booster is bad? Will it make any noise? or will ur pedal just frre spongey
#2 Its getting down to 30 to 25 degrees tonight i plugged my block heater in any way to tell if its working properly?
#3 how do u know if u have a bad injector? while in od crusing at 45mph at like 1600rpm with little load on the motor the motor is going ruhha, ruhha ruhha ruhha ruhha. could this be a bad injector
2. Before you start the truck, get up underneath the truck above the oil filter, and where the orange cord plugs in, feel it to see if it's warm

3. I cannot answer based on phonetically typing a sound.. Please make a short video clip and post it up so i can better serve you
 
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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haha i will try
 
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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For a block heater, you can most likely hear it working, it sounds kinda like a sizzle, sorta.
 
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