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Because the Mfi flap relies on a vacuum on the inlet side. As soon as you introduce an air leak the flap closes (can't open/open enough) so forces a lean mixture... so the car cuts out.
when your engines ticking over and you remove the oil cap and it cuts out, the engine has good compression is this true??
on most engines its more likely to mean you have fucked rings and its sucking air from the crankcase past them I should think, so quite the opposite to what he is saying.