FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Purge Control System Inspection

Purge Control System Inspection:





1. Disconnect the vacuum hose from the throttle body and connect it to a hand vacuum pump.
2. Plug the nipple from which the vacuum hose was removed.
3. When the engine is hot [Engine coolant temperature: 80° C (176° F) or higher] apply a vacuum while the engine is idling, and check the condition of the engine and the vacuum.

Vacuum Engine status Normal condition

400 mm Hg (15.7 right after starting Vacuum is maintained
in.Hg) engine

10 or more Vacuum leaks
minutes later