Apathy

Hello, all... When working on my car today, I revved the engine from the throttle body to see if I could see the sleeves for the ports opening... however, the sleeves start to open as soon as its given throttle... isnt that too soon??? I thought there was supposed to be some kind of delay? Secondly... how to take them off and clean... Thanks for all the help...

Icemark

sounds like they are plumbed wrong, as they should not even open unless there is a load on the engine.

Apathy

damn

Icemark

how are the plumbed up???

Apathy

what do you mean plumbed up?

Icemark

Is it wired/plumbed stock, or is there some sort of aftermarket config???

Apathy

i never changed it since I had the car... and it looks stock to me...

Icemark

S4??? S5???

Apathy

88 Gxl

Icemark

then you may have clogged cats or some other exhaust obstruction

Apathy

oh... what would be some of the other symptoms of clogged cats? i think I might possibly have an exhause leak... do you think that will cause it?

Icemark

Nope... that would be the other way around.

Exhaust leak on a S4 = no aux port operation

I would confirm that it is plumbed to the air supply pipe coming from the cat... if it is, then you probably have a clogged up cat.

If it is not (like maybe the last owner plumbed it to the air pump) then it would cause the problem also