At 11:38 AM 10/6/2009, T Collins wrote: >gasket between the air box (top) housing and the AFM. How important is that >gasket? I do not think that mine is even there as I did not notice it while >swaping AFM that I bought. > >I certainly did not spray this area with carb cleaner to see if it affected >the iddle. Anyone have insight on this? It won't give you false (unmetered) air because it's on the intake side of the AFM. What it *will* potentially do is let grit get into the engine. I'd certainly get a gasket of some sort in there. Yrs, David |
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