72 Engine hose identification
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72 Engine hose identification
72 Engine Hose fitting
Can anyone help identify this fitting on the engine? It currently has a hose connected to a canister with the engine side at connected to the bottom an a hose from the top of the canister plugged. I am trying to figure out what it used to be plugged in to. The vette has had a frame off restoration 15 years ago and seen 2 owners since then.
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Can you take a pic of the canister you spoke of in the description?
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Canister connected to engine hose
Thanks 67:72. The photo of the engine block was pre restoration but it shows the exact position of the hose connector. The photos I took from under the car were much more difficult to make out. Fortunately the folks who did the restoration took some great pics before during and after which I have from the previous owner.
The photo above shows the canister from the top. The top hose terminates in a plug.
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It certainly appears to be tapped into the water passage of the block and of a size just slightly smaller than the heater hose next to it in the pic. I don't know the canister's purpose but can say it's not an original part to the car. There are such things as coolant filters... Is the stock expansion tank fully hooked up?
