Re: Spokes: SUVs and Dave Barry

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <9903311530.AA55648@fluhr.austin.ibm.com> ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr) writes:

> MAC:  My urquattro seems to be running OK again.  All I did was take
> the intake apart and put it back together for a 3rd time.  The only
> explanation I can devise is that a hose clamp was loose enough to allow
> pressurized air to blow past it, but not loose enough for it to slip
> off of the turbo or intercooler.  Pretty shakey, I know.

Roger Galvin had the same symptoms and solution last week.  Thinks the
throttle body hose was rotated - it's not round, as you know, and he
thinks this opened an air gap.

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