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Car Wizard fixes a 2003 XK8 with restricted performance

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Old Oct 3, 2023 | 01:34 PM
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Old Oct 3, 2023 | 01:44 PM
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Just watched it about an hour ago. He's a great mechanic.
Everyone who works on their own cars should have a smoke machine, You can get an adequate one at a very reasonable price
 

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Old Oct 3, 2023 | 01:56 PM
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If that plastic air duct tube is factory, I would bet that its accordion section underside is also cooked and cracked. I wonder if they checked it....
 
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Or you can put a plumbers smoke capsule in the air box in a small tin and tape up the inlet
 
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