seem to have located the source of the problem, well the mechanic did... my parents took my car to their mechanic, cuz they got tired of me screwing with it I guess I dont know, I slept in, and there was a note on my desk saying they took it down there...

mechanic called, the intake gasket failed by one of the runners... so Ive literally got a huge vacuum leak, which is what is causing my MAF to read low voltage and is causing the car to run lean..

told me they can replace them for cheap... I dont really feel like doing it, so whatever...

 

nice at least its an easy fix, not one that requires a new engine (/rage)

 

that is a good thing to know


what of your brother's 347 tho? not building that up?

 

glad to hear it's nothing major

 

You let the rents take your car to be diagnosed and fixed... while you sleep in?!?!
And you call yourself a Mustang enthusiast. Tsk-tsk.
Sounds like you suffer from "coddled youth syndrome." LOL.

 

I wouldent pay someone for a intake manifold gasket.

that's $30 in gaskets max, and 3hr's of work max.

easy stuff.


i know how it feel's, i poped a intake gasket when i had a little back fire, and it sucked trying to figure it out. once i reolized what happened i felt dumb

 

Don't feel dumb, most of you guys don't see the volume of problems like a Mechanic does, nor have specialized training and machines.

Even the most experienced Mechanic would have trouble finding the vacuum leak at the EGR SOLENOID housing(below the black cap), if you run into that one, common ISSUE.


I use the smoke machine with vapor dye and a UV light, to find vac leaks very easy, the same principal(dye) for oil leaks, and coolant leaks and EVAP issues

 

Those lower gaskets are pesky little ****'s.

 

coddled youth? haha I wish...

this is the first thing they have done for me in a while... they were tired of me taking up the garage and borrowing their cars... (I didnt want to drive my car a whole lot)

and I slept in becuase it was my first day off work in 9 days...


but anyway... I dont really have the time to do it myself anyway... been working way too much...

 

well i should be getting the **** on my car soon. so you can use that extra cash to buy the same stuff i did if it works out well for me