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Hey again!
Never did figure out my previous question, but hopefully the EVR solenoid was a red herring. The problem I'm trying to rectify is that, under heavy loads or heavy acceleration, the car begins to buck and lose power. I had read that this was likely the EGR system, so that's what I was checking out. Yesterday I connected the vacuum gauge to the EVR solenoid, and had a buddy check the reading while the car was actually in motion. Only once or twice did the EVR solenoid pass through any reasonable amount of vacuum. Then for curiousity's sake, I connected the gauge directly to the manifold and drove around. Well, when the engine is gunned, the vacuum initially drops hugely (10-15 mm Hg), then recovers if engine speed is held constant. When the car is bucking, the vacuum pretty much drops to ZERO. From what I've read, this doesn't seem right, everything says the vacuum should INCREASE as engine speed increases, with no mention of an initial drop in vacuum. As for dropping to zero...??? Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty much at the point where I'm ready to go into the mechanic, and this seems like one of those problems where they can try a million things (and bill me for it) and not have fixed the problem. Thanks!
James
Never did figure out my previous question, but hopefully the EVR solenoid was a red herring. The problem I'm trying to rectify is that, under heavy loads or heavy acceleration, the car begins to buck and lose power. I had read that this was likely the EGR system, so that's what I was checking out. Yesterday I connected the vacuum gauge to the EVR solenoid, and had a buddy check the reading while the car was actually in motion. Only once or twice did the EVR solenoid pass through any reasonable amount of vacuum. Then for curiousity's sake, I connected the gauge directly to the manifold and drove around. Well, when the engine is gunned, the vacuum initially drops hugely (10-15 mm Hg), then recovers if engine speed is held constant. When the car is bucking, the vacuum pretty much drops to ZERO. From what I've read, this doesn't seem right, everything says the vacuum should INCREASE as engine speed increases, with no mention of an initial drop in vacuum. As for dropping to zero...??? Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty much at the point where I'm ready to go into the mechanic, and this seems like one of those problems where they can try a million things (and bill me for it) and not have fixed the problem. Thanks!
James
