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Airtightness Inspection

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Use a hand-held vacuum pump to check.

When connected to booster side (1): 

Vacuum decrease should be within 1.3 kPa (10 mmHg, 0.39 inHg) for 15 seconds under a vacuum of (-66.7 kPa) [(-500 mmHg), (-19.69 inHg)] 

When connected to engine side (2): No vacuum will be applied 

Fig 1: Checking Airtightness
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