That vacuum line is the one that retards the spark at idle for emission purposes. Your spark was not retarded so it ran better. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "MOST,DAVID" <most@UCLA.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 2:37 AM Subject: poor idle update [snip] > I wrote last week about an intermittently buzzing fuel pump and a funky Well, it turns out that I must have > knocked off a very thin (1/4"?)air hose in the process of doing this work. > This hose is located a few inches below and behind the distributor (when [snip] |
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