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i finally got around to checking for vacuum leaks and you nailed it, there are leaks at the injectors. so that will the next issue addressed. i should be good at working on this as i have taken it apart so many times for various reasons, but i still hate doing it.but i already paid an "expert&q...

thanks for the information. I will look for a leak tomorrow. when i said that i traced all of the wires in the engine bay, i meant that i checked all for shorts and grounds. none were found I also measured resistances of all of the listed divices. afm, coolant sensor, throttle sensor. and everything...

additional info: no hose leaking is found. i did not visually inspect the aux air valve , but i did disconnect the hose at the manifold and blow through the aux air valve to make sure it was open.

my 78 530 was my daily driver for many years.. when gas hit $4 , i put it aside for a couple of years. i have been trying to get it running for the last 4 years at least. recently i discovered, by accident , that if i left the coolant temp sensor unconnected, the car would start. it would idle very ...