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To find a vacuum leak. the vacuum hoses should be sprayed while the engine is running. A solution of dish soap and water sprayed on a leaky vacuum hose will cause it to blow soap bubbles. Spraying both the hose and the connectors should find the vacuum leak quickly.
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How can you find a vacuum leak in a race engine?
most vacuum leaks are in hoses that are disconnected or have holes in them you can also take a bottle of water and spray it along the side of the intake and base of the carborater if the motor bogs or you here it suck the water in you have found you leak but it can be a leak under the intake and that is a bigger problem to find buy a can of starting fluid and spray it near the gasket and vacuum hoses and if the engine increases its rpm that is where the leak is
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Spray some WD-40 around where you think the vacuum leak might be. When the WD-40 is sucked into the engine you will hear the engine smooth out or rev up a little. PRESTO-that's where your leak is.
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How do you check for a vacuum leak?
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The easiest way to find a vacuum leak involves using any brand/type of carburetor cleaner or any some other type of cleaner in a spray can or spray bottle. With the engine running you spray around the suspected area . If there is a leak at the location you are spraying the carb cleaner, you will immediately notice an increase in the RPM of the engine. You can use this method to find cracks in a vacuum hose that are very hard to see if they are surrounded by wiring harness' and other items. This also works if you have a carb or throttle body base gasket leaking, intake manifold gasket leaking or even mismatched manifold with the cylinder heads.
