vacuum leak 03 s55 amg
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03 S55 AMG
vacuum leak 03 s55 amg
First actual thread other than the intro thread. I changed my valve cover gaskets the other day. Now after reassembling everything i have a rough idle and feels like a miss sometimes when coming to a stop. It sounds like i have a vacuum leak on the drivers side. but by visual inspection I couldnt find an broken or loose lines/hoses. I have been trying to find some vacuum line diagrams but am having no luck finding anything useful. I did see on an old thread in the CL55 section about there being a stainless line that sometimes comes out when people do valve covers but i dont know where it is located. Was wondering if anyone had any diagrams of all the vacuum lines. Im gonna see if i can use the smoke machine at work sometime during this week to see if can find where its leaking from.
here is a pic of my car
here is a pic of my car
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Sorry to revive an old thread but that is exactly where my leak looks to be coming from after the smoke test. I'm going to put my borescope down there today but if so does that line just push in? Perhaps mine just isn't in all the way. Thanks!
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BMW E31 Dinan Stage 3 TT 625Hp on 93 pump............. 00 BMW E38 750iL.....03 S55 Alabaster white
It just pushes into a rubber bushing and also has a securing tab on the pipe that is held by one of the corner valve cover bolts....
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That was my exact problem! The line wasn't even in the the rubber at all! We sprayed some brake clean down there and the idle dropped so I knew that was the area. Once everything was apart I sent my borescope down there too and sure enough! Wide open! Thanks again!!
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Something about the process of reassembling the intake makes this step hard to get right the first time. I’m not a wrench so I don’t know.
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2003 mercedes benz s55 amg
First actual thread other than the intro thread. I changed my valve cover gaskets the other day. Now after reassembling everything i have a rough idle and feels like a miss sometimes when coming to a stop. It sounds like i have a vacuum leak on the drivers side. but by visual inspection I couldnt find an broken or loose lines/hoses. I have been trying to find some vacuum line diagrams but am having no luck finding anything useful. I did see on an old thread in the CL55 section about there being a stainless line that sometimes comes out when people do valve covers but i dont know where it is located. Was wondering if anyone had any diagrams of all the vacuum lines. Im gonna see if i can use the smoke machine at work sometime during this week to see if can find where its leaking from.
here is a pic of my car
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here is a pic of my car
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Out of curiosity did you get any misfires?? Or any misfire codes?? I have bigger injectors in my 03 s55 so I’m sure my symptoms are more pronounced than yours but I had gotten a cylinder 3 and 4 misfire code after changing my valve covers. I’m going to go work on my car this weekend so I’ll be sure to look for that line you had left off, I believe I may have done the same.
