i have a broken vacuum line...look here

FiveO

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the vacuum lines in this picture, there are 4 of them i believe..err 3, the white one on mine is broken. not sure what its for, i haven't seen any engine irregularities and the car drives fine. but what are they for?

 

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i think they are all for the a/c. all mine all either broken or disconnected...but my ac compressor is shot anyways

 

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2 of them go to smog, one goes to egr, one goes to back of upper intake and i believe there should be another one that goes some place else, but I can't remember

 

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FiveO said:

the vacuum lines in this picture, there are 4 of them i believe..err 3, the white one on mine is broken. not sure what its for, i haven't seen any engine irregularities and the car drives fine. but what are they for?

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I thought that picture looked familar. If you can see the break and both ends, just get a small piece of rubber tubing and make the 2 broken ends meet. You only need like a 1 inch peice of it and Auto Zone sells it, or just plug it...

Tim

 

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If you can't Duck it, ***** it.


Put a piece of tape on that sucker, just make sure it's lined up good. I had to do this in a pinch and it worked fine, and i havent changed it because i'm lazy and it works..lol

 

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TheUser knows his ****nit.

 

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The white one goes to the smop pump .. I just finish removing all that crap and just like you the white tubing broke in my hand ...
I use a screw to fill the hole !

 

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hmm...none of mine are plugged at all. they are just unplugged at the connector and a few are broken. oh well

 

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ECU5.0 said:

hmm...none of mine are plugged at all. they are just unplugged at the connector and a few are broken. oh well

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Great , this answer my question If I had to plug it .. it wasnt that good looking with a screw .. I will remove all the vacuum then !

Thanks ECU

 

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mine were all corroded and crumbled to pieces when i moved them, some small rubber hose slipped over the ends was perfect....

 

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so does it matter that none of mine are hooked up. if there is one that goes to the back of the intake id like to plug it....but if it doesnt matter than im not gonna waste my time

 

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I don't even understand why Ford put PLASTIC vacuum tubing in because the slightest bend and "snap". Who said engineers are smart.

Oh, I have a few broke ones too and no driveability or smog related problems. WTF

 

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4dStang said:

I don't even understand why Ford put PLASTIC vacuum tubing in because the slightest bend and "snap". Who said engineers are smart.

Oh, I have a few broke ones too and no driveability or smog related problems. WTF

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same here. we need someone who is really smart and educated in this stuff. i dont have any smog equipment and dont have the egr hooked up. does it matter if these lines are on the car anyways?

 

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i had my car treadmill smogged and passed with that broken line (white one) o well at least it isn't anything major.

 

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4dStang said:

I don't even understand why Ford put PLASTIC vacuum tubing in because the slightest bend and "snap". Who said engineers are smart.

Oh, I have a few broke ones too and no driveability or smog related problems. WTF

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What does rubber have a tendency to do under extreme vaccum or pressure? It either caves in or expands. They chose a hard material so that it would do neither under those extreme circumstances.

 

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http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/images/88Stang5.0Vacuum.gif

 

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heh, i remember back i highschool, a buddy of mine pulled one of those vacuum lines off the vacuum tree on the driver side firewall, and the car would idle like it had a large cam in it.

 

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he probably unpluged the intake vacuum from the tree

 

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Mine had a slight idle serge when i had one unpluged. If you unplug one all the rest are usually effected. If i had them broken or cracked i would either plug them or fix it. Its cheap and can help car run better. JMO.

 

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Hey guys I just looked at that diagram and noticed that the "S/C" on the brake booster tree controls the cruise control. Well I got rid of mine, but ever since I have had a vacuum whistle. Can I just cap that off? Would that work? Thanks-J