Air pump
Burning Brakes
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From: Liberal Kansas
Re: Air pump (tikiltd)
It s on the drivers side of the engine bay by the alternator. If I am correct it is used to pump air into the exhaust to get everything up to temp. A-lot of people get rid of the air system myself included
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From: Outer Banks NC FIRST IN FLIGHT
Re: Air pump (vader86)
might as well just get rid of it, put a pulley in or gut it
[Modified by Kizmo, 1:35 PM 5/31/2002]
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From: Sun City West Az
Re: Air pump (Kizmo)
It works in open loop to divert air via the exhaust manifolds to the cats to get them up to temp. quicker. It runs for a max of 4 minutes or until the system goes into closed loop. Hopes this helps.
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Re: Air pump (Kizmo)
might as well just get rid of it, put a pulley in or gut it
It can't be replaced by a pulley, it's electrical. You can disconnect it though, it's only active at startup.
It can't be replaced by a pulley, it's electrical. You can disconnect it though, it's only active at startup.
