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I got a '93 E150 conversion van with 140,000 miles on it a couple years ago. Before I became familiar with anything under the hood, it died and had to be towed to a garage, where they checked it with their computer. Their diagnosis was a bad vacuum part that ended up costing me $300. A few months later it died again on the highway. I puuled the engine cover off and started checking any hose that looked like a vacumm hose. I found one that had begun to deteriorate and was not maintaining a tight fit. With a pocket knife, I trimmed off the end and reinstalled the hose, which seemed to solve the problem. This happened two more times. I decided to carry spare vacuum hose and have now replaced the worst of them. The engine runs like new and has been reliable for at least 20,000 miles.
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