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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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vacuum gauge

recently hooked up my vacuum gauge and wen the car is at idle the needle ticks back and forth not extremely distant but very rapidly. definately thinking its a stuck valve ne other suggestions?
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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Could just be the gauge.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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What vac source did you tap into? What brand gauge?
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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how much vacuum is showing up?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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i hooked up my vac gauge into the same line the FPR is at and it seemed to affect the vac signal that goes to the FPR. The engine seems to bog a little. However the gauge works fine. my gauge is from GlowShift
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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it is a mitsubishi gauge its from the evo mr i have all 3. i tapped int the vacuum line towaeds the front of the intake manifold the really thick one. and no the is no leaks from the vacuum line
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 07:12 AM
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by really thick one u dont mean the one that goes to the valve cover right? the one with the pcv valve
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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no. i dont have a line running to the valve cover i have a breather on it cuz i have a custom made intake with no valve for a vacuum line. i have it hooked up to the port on the manifold itself the the hose makes a perfect curve
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