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    http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/Le...tml?sort=3&o=0
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    Part of the LIM is visible? Is it just me or does this not seem right? Plus this doesn't have the vac tree as shown in a previous picture in this thread, so it's not actually a 97 Gen III?
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    i see the edge of the blower gasket, thats normal. yup, you dont have a vac tree on your blower, so its a 98 up.

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    That's good, I'll pick up a can of the carb cleaner when I get to work on Tuesday morning
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    If you don't find any answers with the carb cleaner test, you can try a DIY smoke test as well. Disconnect the air hose going from the TB to the airbox, and put a latex glove over the TB (DON'T START THE ENGINE AFTER THIS!!!). Disconnect the brake booster vacuum hose with the check valve attached, and connect a clean hose to the check valve. Light up a cigar, cigarette, "Other," whatever you want that smokes, and blow that smoke into the clean hose. After about 4-5 puffs of smoke, you should start seeing smoke come out of somewhere.

    I had to use this method to track down my vacuum leak for 2 reasons: I painted my engine so I wanted it to stay pretty (carb cleaner eats paint), and carb cleaner would not have shown me the vacuum leak I had.

    My valve cover was leaking causing a vacuum leak. PCV uses vacuum to work, so if there is a leak in the crank case (valve cover, oil cap, front\rear seals) it is a vacuum leak. The entire principle behind the carb cleaner test is that the engine sucks the carb cleaner in and it makes the engine rev a bit since there is more fuel (carb cleaner) being burned. If the leak is in the crank case, that won't happen.

    Try the carb cleaner trick first, since it is easier, but if doesn't give you any results, you now know the next step, lol.
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