r bewer Wrote:
> just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. when i'm coming to a
> stop either at a red light or a parking space, the brake pedal seems to
> get a little hard and the engine revs like i've got the accelerator to
> the floor. it feels like it wants to take off! and all the time i have
> my foot on the brake, not the accelerator. it happens when i'm about
> 10-15 ft from stopping. nothing is touching the accellerator pedal to
> cause this. i slowly shift it to park and then shut it off. if does
> jerk
> a bit as i shift it while it's revving. someone suggested a vacuum
> issue? anyone else have this happen to them?
>
> '96 rl premium

I'll concurr, you have a vacuum leak in the brake booster's vacuum
circuit, or something tee'd off the same line....the wild revving is
the ECM commanding a higher idle to deal with the excess air it's not
expecting...


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