vacuum with blower

Geoff Watts geoff at omen.com.au
Mon Jun 9 01:26:50 GMT 1997


What if you got a stuck throttle? - i'd go and put some 1-way valves in

geoff

-----Original Message-----
From:	jpearl at qsi.com [SMTP:jpearl at qsi.com]
Sent:	Sunday, June 08, 1997 5:56 PM
To:	diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject:	Re: vacuum with blower





>There is a check valve in the brake booster to prevent pressure from
entering the booster on many cars.  Under boost >you loose all effects of
the brake booster as there is no vacuum to draw from.  Unless you drive
with your foot on the >brake at full boost, you are not likely to ever
experience this.  As soon as you let off the gas pedal, you have >instant
vacuum to power your brake booster.

My $.02 - my car has NO such "checkvalve" and no special considerations
were made concerning boost and it's effect on the brakes.



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