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[tidla]

I have owned the vehicle since 2010, most journeys are to the supermarket and back with er indoors, so driving like im from Northampton rarely happens.

Spurred on by a certain bears enthusiasm i thought i would check pipe routing and connections out of interest just to see if all was correct.

All being connected correctly , using a multivac guage to check for vaccuum to the electrical valve and then after on blipping the throttle.



Further digging found the small hose which connects to the "T" piece at the front multi ram split on the underside.



Road test later..

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, lost count of the number of those vac pipes by the T pieces I've found in that state. Very common problem.

[Webby the Bear]

I have owned the vehicle since 2010, most journeys are to the supermarket and back with er indoors, so driving like im from Northampton rarely happens.

Spurred on by a certain bears enthusiasm i thought i would check pipe routing and connections out of interest just to see if all was correct.

All being connected correctly , using a multivac guage to check for vaccuum to the electrical valve and then after on blipping the throttle.



Further digging found the small hose which connects to the "T" piece at the front multi ram split on the underside.



Road test later..

TB lives in Brackley... 

Good job mate!

[Webby the Bear]

Ps, i'm presuming you could test those multiram vac lines with carb cleaner??? (thinking aloud as i dont have a vac gauge )

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ps, i'm presuming you could test those multiram vac lines with carb cleaner??? (thinking aloud as i dont have a vac gauge )

Not to be recommended as carb cleaner attacks many types of plastic 

[Webby the Bear]

Ps, i'm presuming you could test those multiram vac lines with carb cleaner??? (thinking aloud as i dont have a vac gauge )

Not to be recommended as carb cleaner attacks many types of plastic 

Ok water would work though im presuming youd get the same type of hissing you would if you found a vac leak?

[05omegav6]

Could the rubber connections be replaced with silicon ones

[Webby the Bear]

Ooooooh just had a thought. When looking for vac leaks at the multirams...... would they have to be in use (i.e. above set RPM) or are they under vacuum constantly (thus i can spray them at idle and see if theres any vac leak)?

[05omegav6]

Need tech 2 to trigger them unless you rev it

Front is circa 3k rpm and rear is circa 4k rpm iirc

MarksDTM wrote a detailed explanation of them  in FAQ iirc...

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ps, i'm presuming you could test those multiram vac lines with carb cleaner??? (thinking aloud as i dont have a vac gauge )

Not to be recommended as carb cleaner attacks many types of plastic 

Ok water would work though im presuming youd get the same type of hissing you would if you found a vac leak?

How is water going to work?

[Webby the Bear]

Ps, i'm presuming you could test those multiram vac lines with carb cleaner??? (thinking aloud as i dont have a vac gauge )

Not to be recommended as carb cleaner attacks many types of plastic 

Ok water would work though im presuming youd get the same type of hissing you would if you found a vac leak?

How is water going to work?

To find vac leaks. gets sucked in and makes the same hissing sound as carb claener does.....

[05omegav6]

And where does the vacuum (and all that water) go...

[Webby the Bear]

LOL yeah but we're only talking a slight mist 

[omega3000]

 

[05omegav6]

LOL yeah but we're only talking a slight mist 

The only reason carb cleaner works is that it acts as extra fuel, causing the revs to rise momentarily

Water doesn't burn, ergo will do nothing but put water where water shoud not be put

Better off using a can of lynx than water...