correction mate.
i lie about the distributor vacuum advance on later 1.8s.
i went to mr. bowlsby's website for you.
he has some vacuum line routing diagrams for the cars there.
v. useful resource.
https://bowlsby.net/914/Classic/TechNotebook.htmonly the 74 1.8s have both lines to the distributor directly.
(though there is a variation on that with an open line from distributor that is shown in this diagram. i have the one where both run to the TB. complicated isn't it?).
pretty sure this is the early one with open line, that is close to what i have and was talking about. at some point in 74 they run both lines to the TB.
Click to view attachment this is the later one, noted from about mid 74 on.
but i think accurately it is the 75 model year with EGR.
the vacuum line is hooked up to a T.(learn something every day - the cars constantly changed! - emissions regs?).
this is joined to the later type of ex. gas recirc valve.
your tech does know what he is doing if he hooked up to that T.
and that explains why your exhause is not burbling anymore.
they pop a bit without the decal valve and probably egr valve hooked up.
Click to view attachment the high idle is due to something else.
as per suggestions above.
your tech should be able to sort it out.
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if you do put the can back on there is debate about the can plumbing.
some here have the view that the can is plumbed according to the diagrams on mr. b's website. others, like me, think the plumbing to the can changes when it goes into the engine bay. the explanation to me is simple. cans in the front trunk were plumbed up porches way as per 911s to 1974. cans in the engine bay were plumbed up VWs way which was always different to porsche. the discussion around that is in the link to the thread in my post above. its a bit academic. but i am sure the can works better if its plumbed to work the VW way.