Full Version: Escort Spi '99 Unidentified Vacuum Line
I have this vacuum line I suspect to be leaking (due to the electrical tape holding it together......that's another story. Only problem is I'm not sure which part to ask the store for as I don't know what it's called officially. The part I'm referring to is the elbow piece and the electrical taped line connecting to it. Anybody have any idea what part I should ask the store for to replace this with? Use the oil dipstick and the a/c line as reference of position under the hood. It's up near the firewall.
gotta have a better picture man, I can't see shit 
QUOTE (inis @ Feb 20 2008, 07:21 PM) 
gotta have a better picture man, I can't see shit
Yeah I know. It was some plastic 90 degree elbow. It was busted totally in half and somebody decided to tape it together, I just ripped it out and replaced it with a hose, had to rearrange the lines going to the master cylinder and intake but I made it fit with that instead of the elbow.
Still got a frickin vacuum leak though........idling at 1000-1100, which is better than the 1400 before I replaced that broken elbow, but it's obviously leaking from elsewhere too.
No other obviously bad vacuum parts from visual inspection. Some noise coming from pcv every once in a while so I will replace the PCV valve next, then egr, intake manifold, and throttle body gasket I suppose. Fortunately nothing here is very expensive but just a pain to figure out where the leak is coming from.
QUOTE (Bearded1 @ Feb 21 2008, 11:37 AM)
Yeah I know. It was some plastic 90 degree elbow. It was busted totally in half and somebody decided to tape it together, I just ripped it out and replaced it with a hose, had to rearrange the lines going to the master cylinder and intake but I made it fit with that instead of the elbow.
Still got a frickin vacuum leak though........idling at 1000-1100, which is better than the 1400 before I replaced that broken elbow, but it's obviously leaking from elsewhere too.
No other obviously bad vacuum parts from visual inspection. Some noise coming from pcv every once in a while so I will replace the PCV valve next, then egr, intake manifold, and throttle body gasket I suppose. Fortunately nothing here is very expensive but just a pain to figure out where the leak is coming from.
Still got a frickin vacuum leak though........idling at 1000-1100, which is better than the 1400 before I replaced that broken elbow, but it's obviously leaking from elsewhere too.
No other obviously bad vacuum parts from visual inspection. Some noise coming from pcv every once in a while so I will replace the PCV valve next, then egr, intake manifold, and throttle body gasket I suppose. Fortunately nothing here is very expensive but just a pain to figure out where the leak is coming from.
Well there should be a diagram underneath your hood that shows the correct vacuum routing.
http://kctuners.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=22530
Heres a how-to I made up from my auto repair book.
PCV Valve was busted, PCV hose itself was also cracked. Fixed that and now it idles 600-900 rpm and the SES light hasn't come on again.
awesome, sorry I couldn't help much ... pictures dont help on situations like this...
Hmm speaking of PCV valves......
I am thinking of replacing mine... When I had my valve cover powdercoated last summer I put a new one in and I didn't use the sealant recommended since I couldn't find it. I doubt I needed it since it clicked right in there and wasn't leaking... to my knowledge. lol I
"(9) If the PCV valve was removed from cylinder
head cover, apply Mopart Thread Sealant with Teflon
to threads and install valve to cylinder head cover.
Tighten PCV valve to 8 N?m (70 in. lbs.)."
I am thinking of replacing mine... When I had my valve cover powdercoated last summer I put a new one in and I didn't use the sealant recommended since I couldn't find it. I doubt I needed it since it clicked right in there and wasn't leaking... to my knowledge. lol I
"(9) If the PCV valve was removed from cylinder
head cover, apply Mopart Thread Sealant with Teflon
to threads and install valve to cylinder head cover.
Tighten PCV valve to 8 N?m (70 in. lbs.)."
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