Q: Vacuum leak on the dash

asked by on April 10, 2016

I've got a vacuum leak light on my dash. I've put a code scanner to tell me what part of the system isn’t up. My car also runs at times and won't go past 30 until I turn off my car and let the computer reset it and then it's normal.

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