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weldbead · 12-03-2015

hi guys...
havent posted here in months..logged on a few times recently..i got my 94 back in march of '14 ..as the snows melted i realized it had the dreaded constantrunning vacuum pump peterout at 5000 rpm symptoms of leaky vacuum/failing secondaries..immediate solution was buy myself a harley in june of 14 for my wife's birthday..sorry for rambling.. point being here's what i finally did after 11,000 miles on the harley and maybe a thousand on the vette...and the advent of cold weather here in poughkeepsie..i called my local chevy dealer , healey chevrolet..told the service manager i needed an oil change( i had the 3 gallons of amsoil and the wix filter laying around and they agreed to use it),told him about the vacuum leak.. he said they had two techs who had been on vetts for ever..i breathed deep, gave them the car, they fixed it for $600, the vacuum pump runs for 1/2 second and it pulls like hades..
just saying theres that option..enjoy. and good luck..very good luck on tigwelding and tapping the oily threads on the aluminum pan..you could try lampwick on the plug..

12-03-2015	#28
weldbead Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: poughkeepsie ny Posts: 33	Re: Vacuum leak hi guys... havent posted here in months..logged on a few times recently..i got my 94 back in march of '14 ..as the snows melted i realized it had the dreaded constantrunning vacuum pump peterout at 5000 rpm symptoms of leaky vacuum/failing secondaries..immediate solution was buy myself a harley in june of 14 for my wife's birthday..sorry for rambling.. point being here's what i finally did after 11,000 miles on the harley and maybe a thousand on the vette...and the advent of cold weather here in poughkeepsie..i called my local chevy dealer , healey chevrolet..told the service manager i needed an oil change( i had the 3 gallons of amsoil and the wix filter laying around and they agreed to use it),told him about the vacuum leak.. he said they had two techs who had been on vetts for ever..i breathed deep, gave them the car, they fixed it for $600, the vacuum pump runs for 1/2 second and it pulls like hades.. just saying theres that option..enjoy. and good luck..very good luck on tigwelding and tapping the oily threads on the aluminum pan..you could try lampwick on the plug.. Last edited by weldbead; 12-03-2015 at 12:50 AM.