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P2279 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for July 2009

Intake Air System Leak


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P2279
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2005 Honda Element EX 2.4L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 5J6YH28695
P2279: Intake Air System Leak. Honda with surging idle. Checked for leaks with smoke machine and none found. Pinched off vacuum supply for booster,air bypass thermo switch.Before I pull the valve cover to check cam marks and look for stuck valve wondering if anyone has seen anything like th...
July 20, 2009
2003 Honda Element EX 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5J6YH18573
P2279: Intake Air System Leak. ... dealer, and had a cyl#4 missfire. we found that the intake valve was burned on cyl#4. had the cly head rebulit and put the car back together. now we have a code for intake air system leak detected P2279, and has little rought idle. we have check every vac ...
July 23, 2009
2005 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 2.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3VWSF71KX5
P2279: . I replaced to Mass air flow senosr with a factory unit. I have smoke tested and propane tested for a vacuum leak to no avail. In park with the A?C off the idle will fluctuate between 700 and 1800. Also the code which is for intake system leak will set on two t...
July 24, 2009