Help?? Car dealership issues and more!!

[brooks49]

Ok! I have posted a couple of threads! but this one is the one i need help more then any! This afternoon i had got in the explorer and went to take off when the car started vibrating. Well i shut the car off and restarted it and it was fine for about 2 miles then started up vibrating again so i take it to the used car dealership.. And the car dealer ask me what type gas i been putting in it! I told him good gas (shell) So then the car dealer pops the hood open and he finds a loose hose sitting wadded up in the corner under the hood! Hes shows me that it is the hose the connects to the compression area of the engine! And connects it back on and the car was fine,car dealer says hes no mechanic but bring it back tomorrow for mechanic to look and make sure its the right hose that goes on the compression part of the engine....Then the car dealer looks at me and says are you sure your not making this stuff up! I about fainted! This is when i told him if i keep having problems the explorer i want my money back for the car. I love the explorer but i dont want it if i cant drive it out of town! :fire:
Ok! My question is if the engine compression is bad well it blow this hose off! I already somewhat figured this or do you think it was just a fluke and with this hose loose or off would it cause the abs light to come on!

Help! Thanx!

 

[snoborder42]

Do you know what hose it was?

 

[brooks49]

no! not really!

Ill know more tomorrow! when i take it to get it checked! Iam just a little worried iam getting conned/taken by this car dealer..
thanx!

 

[jimcom]

My 94 had a hose come off a few years ago, it about scared the piss outta me, so don't feel bad. I had no clue what was going on, took it to the local shop and they just replaced the hose for free. You might just need new hoses all the way around, 11 years is pretty old.

 

[TPLYNCH]

Probably just popped a vacuum hose. Not that uncommon as Ex's get older.

 

[Maniak]

I can think of 2 hoses that seem to come from the corner of the engine compartment (drivers side, closer to the winshield)..

The 1st is for the power brakes. You would know if that one came off, the brakes would be very hard (you would have a hard time stopping).

The 2nd is for the cruise control. Their is a canister type thing on the drivers side fender that has a vacuum line that goes to the intake (where all the vacuum lines go).. If that one comes off your cruise wont' work, and the engine will run poorly.

If those are original vacuum lines, they may have gotten soft over time. If so you can replace them easily. If it doesn't take much to take them off of the intake, then they should be replaced.

If I remember correctly, the a4ld has a vacuum modulator on the tranny. This is a vacuum line that goes down to the tranny. IF the modulator is going bad it will let tranny fluid into the line and it will get into the others. If that happens the vacuum lines will get soft and pop off easily..

~Mark