I think you just rolled the seal, it helps to lubricate it during install.
Can also leak if the locking ring isn't tight, I tapped mine home with a piece of wood and hammer.

Soapy water is a great leak detector if you have a couple PSI in the tank.

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You should be able to detach each of the vacuum lines in turn, and check the vacuum on them with a vacuum gauge borrowed from an auto parts store. You could try switching the two hoses connected to the air box, to see if that changes the flap position. MAFs and MAPs FYI. Pete's description earlier i...

My favored method of defeating those doors when they stick is to use a drywall screw through a drilled hole on the flap run into the housing to hold it to cold air position. It is reversible. The drilled hole is to avoid the drywall screw cracking the door once it screws all the way down but he scre...

Well, at least you have the whole replacement strut assembly and you don't need to mess with that. I really wish they used a better setup (a flat spot on the top of the stud) than those thin walled torx fitting that round out effortlessly.

@gnalan,

If you need something urgently, please post.
I go to the local junk yard on and off and can get minor parts for you.

If you hit the top nut with an impact you honestly don’t need to counterhold with the torx. But you shouldn’t need to take your original strut apart so most likely not going to be necessary. That spring seat is new (I checked my maintenance records) and the top plate was still tight so you should be...

Glad it went well. Hopefully things will get better for her soon, it sounds like she's been through a hell of a lot already. Cancer is a truly horrible thing.

Very rarely bad gas, nowadays.

How old are plugs and the coils on the car?

Just remove the big shiny elephant hose from the heat riser to bring you intake air temperature back down to normal. It just slips on

Does anyone in Ohio have a reliable vehicle they can loan gnalan?

That is certainly a very bad day and very rough week coming. Hang in there.
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