My car sounds like a diesel and i have been told to check and see if there is a vacuum leak. I don't know much about cars so i would like to find out where to spot it and how to fix it.
2007-04-12 11:42:09 · 6 answers · asked by Sean P. 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Get a can of starting fluid and spray the small rubber hoses on your engine while it is running. The engine will run faster when the starting fluid is sprayed over a vacuum leak. This will help identify the hose that is leaking so you can replace it.
2007-04-12 11:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You reported the rpm reaches 4000 - it truly is in simple terms about actually going to be an intake manifold gasket. (be conscious - that's no longer a diagnosis, in simple terms an experienced wager!) The intake manifold gasket in that era Honda is paper and has just about actually substitute into brittle - once I replaced the single in my 1993 Accord it became into already in 0.5 a dozen products. diagnosis isn't difficult with a helper. you could do away with the intake hose from the air cleanser field, plug any holes in it (like the place the breather hose attaches), carry the throttle open. place your face against the hose and blow into the hose. it might desire to have a marvelous form of resistance. If it leaks plenty have the helper experience on the the ideal option and backside of the gasket between the intake manifold and the engine. The helper would be waiting to experience and hear the leak. in accordance to the source alternative of an intake manifold gasket in that classic Accord is $340-$440, ordinarily for hard artwork. in case you have a DIYer on your circle of pals you would be able to get them to do the activity for pizza and beer. It takes a collectively as yet isn't probably difficult.
2016-12-16 04:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by libbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at all the hoses, especially around the intake manifold area. Good luck.
Oh, it would help if you had a vacuum gauge. You could read the gauge and then crimp off vacuum lines and see which one will make the vacuum increase. That will help you narrow it down.
2007-04-12 11:45:54 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had a vacuum leak that bad your car would not idle. If it is making a clatter noise it's lifters, either oil not getting to them or collapsed hydraulic lifter. I have seen on one engine where the bolt holding the lifter assembly came loose could be that.
2007-04-12 11:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by James B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one way is to spray something like wd40 around the intake slowly and see if the sound changes if it does the leak is in that spot
2007-04-12 11:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by furmanator1957 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And be careful about spraying WD40 or starting fluid around sparks,they are both explosive.WD 40 uses propane as a propellant.
2007-04-12 11:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by wildmanny2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋