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Easy way to check, it is a on or off valve to prevent airflow. Energize, is it flowing on AND off, if so, bad valve slash solenoid.

Yes if it is stuck open, its constantly sucking vac and will cause idle issues and evap leak codes.

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I am pretty sure your terminology is confusing to me, so I google bayonet and wedge and deduced that a wedge or and a bayonet are not...

See, told ya all he was a fan, wakes at 3am, leaves ten miles of smoke. Gotts love for nickd from usa. Hope you all had a SAFE thnx...

in the case of these tiny engines running full on suvs, the thing gets hot. And as a day in and day out tech, I cant stress enough how...

Yeah, the good old days of detonation . However, with the new algorithms to correct fuel stagy, this is exactly the symptom you get. I...

Jack car up, remove offending plastic, and big arse hand actually fit. :p;) I tried the needle nose pliers thing, more frustrating than...

yes, it is actually quicker that way. :oops:

Once you have ascertained that the cam driven gdi pump is good, cam lobe is not worn, look at the injection system for deposits. This is...

but plz, can you post codes. cuz the way you describe this problem, that ecu for sure coded something. Just sayin.

the 1.4l is known for turbo problems, but not THAT much, mostly, it is the gdi system that sucks large in the gm cars of this buick. I...

I will probably get grief for this, but will attempt to attack it anyway. Since I am on overtime pay, I have time. First off, I do not...

oh f it