A little help
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From: fairless hills pa
A little help
Yesterday my car started idling a little rough and I heard a vacuum leak. This morning I found the culprit and want to fix it, but what do I tell the guy at the parts counter that this is? (All my previous expierience is on old 60's and 70's V8's so don't laugh)
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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From: fairless hills pa
LOL Nevermind. Ok so it's the PCV Valve and a boot. Looked to me like the hold down wire was a ground......LOL So that little rubber boot was ridiculously expensive, so being the thrifty dude that I am I just used a piece of rubber fuel line off the roll that I just purchased to redo the lines on my 79 T/A.
Melting Slicks
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That is the PCV hose from the PCV valve to the intake. It is not a special line. You can pull it off the intake and valve and cut an equal length and diameter rubber tube to go back in.
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Looks like a tight area. It helps when removing a bad hose to carefully cut it with a razor blade/box cutter knife to reduce the stress on connections when removing. A little oil or something similar (slippery) on the replacement hose ID and connectore OD will make installation easy(er).
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From: Anthony TX
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EXCELLENT pictures!! Good find and YES,, I too save money where I can.
Do you mind if I save and use that picture so I can point someone else in the future to that very same vacuum leak?
OH,, By the way,, this is a very common issue.
BILL
Do you mind if I save and use that picture so I can point someone else in the future to that very same vacuum leak?
OH,, By the way,, this is a very common issue.
BILL
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