Car is now idling high since fitting my pro alloy cooler. Been told to check for air leaks however just wondered what people had used to pressurise the system. Any help appreciated.

 

its much easier to check for air leaks with the engine running and a can or carb cleaner....

squit the carb cleaner around all the joints/gasgets on the inlet side, when the engine suddenly revs up (becasue its sucked in some of the solvent) you will have found your leak. onyl takes a few mins to do aswell as its fairly obvious when u've found it...

 

Or you could use one of these....

 

You don't happen to have those big Mikalor hose clamps do you? They where where all leaking on mine

Ian thats a proper tool

 

No not using mikalor clamps but when i had a look it looks like the gasket has pushed out in places. Tried spraying carb cleaner but couldn't hear any differences

 

can you tell me where the needle is on ur centre pod gauge at idle please???

i posted about air leaks some while back and as yet have not found mine

 

Mine is hunting at idle since fitting my Radtec cooler and i fitted mikalor clamps but they all seem tight..................what was wronbg with them Paul

 

ditto - are they that bad?

 

Both me and Duncos had them removed by Harvey/Ahmed as they there fault is the don't grip completely round. Duncos will hopefully explain more

 

If the throttle bracket had been removed recently, it could well be those two bolts which go through the plenum......really stupid design. That where my leaks are (I hope)

 

i replaces all my scabby old ford clips with some stainless Hi-Grip ones...
you can then use a 7mm flexi drive 6 point socket to tighten them as tight as you can plus teo full turns = no leaks