# 89 Volvo 245 vacuum leak

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** leaks\
**Created:** [August 26, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663 "2007-08-26T00:07:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@drogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drogan)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663/1 "2007-08-26T00:07:02Z")

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I have a very noticable vaccuum or perhaps air leak in my 89 Volvo 240 station wagon. It sounds like a gaping hole in the intake manifold or throtle body. I have looked on several occasions, my brother in law who went to college for automotive tech could not find it. Some hoses were not fitting well and i bought silicon hoses of various sizes to ensure the right fit. They look great but I can still hear hissing from the passanger compartment of the car.

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**Author:** ![dodge\_racer16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@dodge\_racer16](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dodge_racer16)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663/2 "2007-08-26T00:09:43Z")

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I am assuming that you have had the car for a while. Have you heard this for a while or is it something that has just started randomly. Is there any rough idle? Does it get louder when you accelerate?

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**Author:** ![drogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@drogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drogan)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663/3 "2007-08-26T03:43:20Z")

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I’ve had the car 7 yrs. This is fairly new. Another brother in law borrowed it for a few months since I was saving it for my teenage daughters and not driving it. It was a gift from him.

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**Author:** ![drogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@drogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drogan)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/89-volvo-245-vacuum-leak/3663/4 "2008-02-03T14:40:49Z")

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Follow up: It always sounded like it was coming from the flame trap and I kept wiggling it etc. I finnally noticed that the intake gasket had portions sticking out that were unsupported. I suspect that while checking the flame trap that I bumped the gasket and broke a piece off, but it did not fall away and looked as though it was intact. Changed the gasket, voila.