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- Subject: Re: WHAT IS AN A-I-R PUMP ON A CHEVY CAPRICE ENGINE?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.082111.165610@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- From: pzh@swan.dsto.gov.au (Paul Heuer)
- Date: 22 Jan 93 08:21:09 CST
- References: <1993Jan20.170415.5141@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1993Jan20.230149.3129@news.unomaha.edu>
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- mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu (Brian Golden) writes:
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-
- > Or if your state doesn't have an inspection law, and you are not too
- >concerned about being legal, you can just take the damn thing off and
- >get a shorter fan belt, and plug the holes in the exhaust manifold. You
- >will get a little more power this way, because the engine will not have to
- >turn the AIR compressor. Either way, it is not terribly difficult.
- > Option three: Just disconnect the pully and get a shorter fan belt,
- >so that you can reconnect it come inspection time!
- >
- >Mike Golden - mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu
-
- DO NOT JUNK THE AIR PUMP!!
- The motors that use air pumps here in Oz apparently do not
- react well to having the air pump disconnected. The after-market workshop
- manual for my car (Gregory's brand) warns not to remove the pump or run the
- motor without the belt even for short periods of time.
-
- I must say, my first reaction to pumping air back into the exhaust ports was
- "what a stupid idea, I'll soon fix this".
-
- Now can anyone tell me *why* the air pump shouldn't be removed??
-
- Cheers,
- Paul Heuer (pzh@aeg.dsto.gov.au)
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