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I'm working on a '96 E350 that I recently bought. It has a vacuum line that is plugged with a screw. I'm trying to locate where this line is suppose to go. I have not been able to find anything with in the length of hose.
I'm working on a '96 E350 that I recently bought. It has a vacuum line that is plugged with a screw. I'm trying to locate where this line is suppose to go. I have not been able to find anything with in the length of hose.
It might be a connection someone added to hook up a vacuum gauge.
From the pic, it looks like where the hose on each side of the 'T' fitting the cuts are jagged and not square like a factory connection would look.
Does the right end of that larger hose go to the brake booster?
A fuel mileage indicator in the dash?
A mechanic is not going to the trouble of adding a tee and a then blocking it off with a screw just to check the vacuum IMO
My guess is someone was troubleshooting a brake problem that is hopefully resolved. Who severs a critical brake vacuum booster line to check engine vacuum? Out of paranoia, I’d get an intact OE grade brake booster line ASAP.
A fuel mileage indicator in the dash?
A mechanic is not going to the trouble of adding a tee and a then blocking it off with a screw just to check the vacuum IMO
The old analog MPG indicators were just a vacuum gauge. Damped so the needle didn't bounce all around. Had one on my '67 Plymouth Barracuda.
You're right, I don't think a Mechanic would do that but maybe a 'mechanic' would....
It looks long enough that it might get caught in the serpentine belt.
Also, someone might have used that line to suck injector cleaner into the intake.
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