High RPMs, no brakes
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High RPMs, no brakes
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I took care of the leaking china walls on my '89 TPI recently. After putting everything back together I'm getting an INTERMITTENT high idle (1-1.2K), and no brakes. The car runs great, but the brake pedal requires both feet to stop the car from 25 mph (hard pedal).
Now, my first thought was the brake booster, but it worked before the tear down. So, unless I banged it up during the process, I'm also skeptical that is the issue.
Other vacuum lines were tested by removing them and/or carb cleaner.
I took care of the leaking china walls on my '89 TPI recently. After putting everything back together I'm getting an INTERMITTENT high idle (1-1.2K), and no brakes. The car runs great, but the brake pedal requires both feet to stop the car from 25 mph (hard pedal).
Now, my first thought was the brake booster, but it worked before the tear down. So, unless I banged it up during the process, I'm also skeptical that is the issue.
Other vacuum lines were tested by removing them and/or carb cleaner.
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But the line from the plenum to the brake booster check valve has been checked and double checked.
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