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Old May 24, 2023 | 05:15 PM
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Can anyone please tell me what this plastic piece is attached to the front of the intake manifold adjacent to the thermostat housing?? It has a spring and pin that sits inside it. It broken and needs replacement if someone can point me in the right direction. Thx!



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Year and engine size may help speed a response???
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Thermal vacuum switch for EGR.
believe your car is a 79


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Year and engine size may help speed a response???
My apologies it’s a 79 L82 manual. Thank you
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Thermal vacuum switch for EGR.
believe your car is a 79

Thank you very much sir. What’s it do and can I drive it without it? Easy replacment fix?

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It’s an easy replacement. May loose some coolant when you change it out.
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there are 2 there, 1 for heatriser, 1 for egr.
make sure which one broke controlled
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Brother, I think $60 plus tax & shipping is a total burn for this $5 part!
I have a good used one I just took off my clean Southern California car. PM me your shipping address and I'll give it to you.
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Brother, I think $60 plus tax & shipping is a total burn for this $5 part!
I have a good used one I just took off my clean Southern California car. PM me your shipping address and I'll give it to you.
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super nice of you sir! I’ll pm you
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Originally Posted by calwldlife
there are 2 there, 1 for heatriser, 1 for egr.
make sure which one broke controlled
I only saw one in that area. Very close to the t-stay housing
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It’s an easy replacement. May loose some coolant when you change it out.
should I use a thread sealer when installing?
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Originally Posted by calwldlife
ok yes I did see that one but it’s attached to the thermostat housing. The one broken attaches to the intake manifold you can see the mount point in the photo just to the left of what you circled in red
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hot water is hot water.
1 valve allows vacuum cold,,heat riser
1 valve allows vacuum hot, egr
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