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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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theres a loud hiss coming from the top of my engine somewhere, and its in the area of the plenum. could it be the IAC, or a bad gasket somewhere?
Old Dec 7, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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*bump* joe... that's an excuse becuase I'm faster.... in an automatic.
Old Dec 7, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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is the car stumbling or idling high?
Old Dec 7, 2006 | 07:00 PM
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Take a small butane lighter and run it around some of your hoses and intake. If it revs up you found it. If your not brave enough to do that method a lil water in a squirter bottle works sometimes too.
Old Dec 7, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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its idling perfectly fine, no stumbling or anything
Old Dec 8, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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BUMP
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