well i had a friend (mechanic) look at my car and first thing he said, u gotta vacum leak and he told me that would always cause sputtering... but the edge around my intake elbow is all tore up, and the rubber is kinda dried up, uve should have the picture now, what can i do to repair that? cause it'll be a while until i get a 1LE elbow, so what can i do until the mean time?

 

Duct tape for a very temporary fix.

 

how long is temperary?

 

If the elbow is really torn up, the tape wont last as long if it were a little hole. I have a stock elbow that I replaced with a 1LE and it has a small cut on the bottom. It might have less damage than yours and your welcome to it if you want.

 

mine is just ripped along the bottom of the fitting to the throttle body, i dont think it makes a very good seal

 

ttt

 

jsut get the elbow ASAP and tape it up. Be careful with the tape though. When I first got my car, I was being curious, took off the intake sytem and found a piece of duct tape stuck on the throttle body right next to the blades good thing I looked when I did

 

you can cut the end off where its ripped and then notch the ribs so you can put the clamps back on. i did this with mine while wating for my 1le elbow.

 

If you keep the take on too long it will make a sticky mess. When i bought my car the intake elbow was tapped, i just got my 1le...the throttle body close to the blades was all gummy from the tape adhesive .

 

forget duct tape. Use RTV sicilone, works miracles.

 

Just push it farther on and clamp it over the tear.

 

its a hell of a tear... but i did my best earlier

i'll drive it tomarrow hopefully its better i donno what vacuum leaks sound like...

but where can i get the 1le elbo from besides online?

(dont have a credit card yet, and would definatly like one this pay check :'()

 

I got mine at the dealer cause I couldn't wait and they charged me 65.00.