Replacement Vacuum Tubing
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Replacement Vacuum Tubing
Does anyone know where I might be able to get replacement hard line vacuum tubing for an '89? I was changing my thermo today and noticed that one of my lines was broken completely off. I am sure that this is due to the age and it being brittle. Any suggestions?
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The small tubing for the window washing fluid broke. When I went into Napa and showed it to them, they said "No, What did that come off, a weedeater"? When I told them "My 90 Vette" they said Oh, hang on. They had it on a roll in the back, along with other sizes. Autozone had larger sizes, its just hit and miss, good luck.
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Well, I got it fixed. The tubing that broke was the EGR vacuum hose. GM had a part number but, it is no longer made. I went to Auto Zone and bought an assortment of plastic connectors and hose. I just put a "T" inline and mated it up with rubber hose. Good as new if not better. Sooner or later all of the hard line will need to be replaced since the car is 20 years old. I am surprised that there are no companies out there making replacement parts like this. It sure would have been nice to get the exact replacement. Eckler's used to carry it but, it has been discontinued.
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Well, I got it fixed. The tubing that broke was the EGR vacuum hose. GM had a part number but, it is no longer made. I went to Auto Zone and bought an assortment of plastic connectors and hose. I just put a "T" inline and mated it up with rubber hose. Good as new if not better. Sooner or later all of the hard line will need to be replaced since the car is 20 years old. I am surprised that there are no companies out there making replacement parts like this. It sure would have been nice to get the exact replacement. Eckler's used to carry it but, it has been discontinued.
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Are all the vacuum connections the same size on C4's? I would like to know the sizes as mine are brittle, however I'm out of town right now and can't just go measure them. I'm in a bigger city and hope some place here carries the hard tubing as my local NAPA only had soft line. So anyone know the vacuum line sizes on a '94?
