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Rough Idle / Dying on Occasion @ idle - My First Gremlin?

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Old 06-02-2015, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by fiatrn
"Would a leak in the vacuum line lead to a high AFR? "

Short answer: yes.

I don't have enough experience with the 928's vacuum system to know where it pulls vacuum for the heater controls, but I'm going too soon bc I have to hunt down a combination of misbehaving heater controls and an oddball idle. Neither makes the car unusable, just occasionally misbehaved, and probably related.
Ditto, and I'll be tearing the Console apart (again...I'm becoming an expert in this) and will be focusing on this better.

Originally Posted by The Deputy
I wouldn't "totally" discount the fuel. My car was absolutely fine after filling it up. Drove home the entire five miles from the gas station, without any problems. Problem didn't really appear until I started it six days later and progressively got worse.
I drove her around before I left for SFO and got it down to a <50% fill level. Filled her up with some Shell 93 and will try driving her around a bit more when I get back.

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First Gremlin?

Hey buddy, this is a Porsche 928 site!

But seriously, I had a friend who had a Pacer.......
#Awesome. Well played.
Old 06-02-2015, 01:54 PM
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Any vacuum leaks aren't good and may have an influence on driveability. That said, I wouldn't expect these vacuum leaks alone to be significant enough to affect your car in the ways that you describe. Fuel pressure is dictated by vacuum, but it would take a significant intake leak or many smaller ones for the FPR to be affected. This has been my experience. I'd bet your fuel pressure is still close to 30psi, but there's only one way to know for sure.



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