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Possible Vacuum Leak?

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Benz510

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Hey all,

Wondering if this sounds like a vacuum leak to anyone. Car idles fine. Sometimes during braking (hard or regular) the cars rpm tends to drop to the point where the car might stall. It doesn't do anything If I'm idling and i press the brakes. It also doesn't do it when I'm in gear and coming to a stop. Only if I'm getting out of gear and then braking.

Any ideas? I appreciate it
 

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You guys with idle/stall problems could save a lot of time chasing your tails if you would go through the Surging Idle Checklist. Over 50 different people contributed information to it. The first two posts have all the fixes, and steps through the how to find and fix your idle problems without spending a lot of time and money. It includes how to dump the computer codes quickly and simply as one of the first steps. I continue to update it as more people post fixes or ask questions. You can post questions to that sticky and have your name and idle problem recognized. The guys with original problems and fixes get their posts added to the main fix.

It's free, I don't get anything for the use of it except knowing I helped a fellow Mustang enthusiast with his car. At last check, it had more than 200,000 hits, which indicates it does help fix idle problems quickly and inexpensively.
 

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Potential signs of a failing VSS.


What year is this car? Is it by any chance an 87-88 that was converted to mass air? Was the VSS installed and wiring run to the computer?

If not, run the codes and see what comes up.
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
Potential signs of a failing VSS.


What year is this car? Is it by any chance an 87-88 that was converted to mass air? Was the VSS installed and wiring run to the computer?

If not, run the codes and see what comes up.
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It's a 89. I brought it to a shop. I had 2 vacuum leaks that were fixed. My mechanic also suggested to replace the egr amd sensor because he dumped the codes. It is fixed now.
 
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