1973 Rover P6 V8
For the last few months i have had a brake fluid loss. I often don't visit the car for weeks at a time but the reservoir always needs filling when i do. I had assumed it was coming from a flexi pipe i replaced last year but it isn't
This week after starting the car for the first time in a few months there is a high idle of around 1400 rpm. I've been advised it is likely a vacuum leak. I sprayed carb cleaner around the carbs and heard no change in the engine noise
Someone mentioned the fluid loss and vacuum leak could be linked. So i checked the pipe going from the servo to the inlet manifold and found fluid in there
I will want to know why fluid is getting into the servo but i would first like to know if there is a way to test to see if the fluid / servo issue is causing the high idle (i.e. vacuum leak)
I thought putting my thumb over the pipe going to the intake manifold might do something but it didn't seem to. It does run rough when that pipe is left off the servo though
For the last few months i have had a brake fluid loss. I often don't visit the car for weeks at a time but the reservoir always needs filling when i do. I had assumed it was coming from a flexi pipe i replaced last year but it isn't
This week after starting the car for the first time in a few months there is a high idle of around 1400 rpm. I've been advised it is likely a vacuum leak. I sprayed carb cleaner around the carbs and heard no change in the engine noise
Someone mentioned the fluid loss and vacuum leak could be linked. So i checked the pipe going from the servo to the inlet manifold and found fluid in there
I will want to know why fluid is getting into the servo but i would first like to know if there is a way to test to see if the fluid / servo issue is causing the high idle (i.e. vacuum leak)
I thought putting my thumb over the pipe going to the intake manifold might do something but it didn't seem to. It does run rough when that pipe is left off the servo though
