how important is this hose?

[coondog491]

the vacum hose that comes out of the throttle body then goes in to a sensor of some type with a T on it then continues to the smog box (whatever the correct name is)

anyway the hose from the throttle body to the sensor broke off at the sensor, but broke the plastic T. how important is it that i have to have it on there, my truck runs great, seems to have a little more balls even. should i fix it?

thanks

 

[Spdrcer34]

Yes. Fix it. It's got a vacuum leak now. Meaning un metered, un filtered air is making its way into your engine. It will cause a lean condition, and you can damage quite a number of things...valves, O2 sensors, plugs.......

Ryan

 

[coondog491]

Sorry forgot to mention that I pluged the hose so I do not have a vacum leak, but the hose is still not connected to the sensor, is it a big deal if it is not connected?

 

[Maniak]

Thats part of the evap system.

Gasses (fumes) comes from the tank go forward into the can.. The Can is a charole (sp?) canister. The solenoid thing between the can and the throttle body open up when certain conditions are met and it allows the gasses (fumes) to be pulled into the motor to be burned.

~Mark

 

[coondog491]

Thats part of the evap system.

Gasses (fumes) comes from the tank go forward into the can.. The Can is a charole (sp?) canister. The solenoid thing between the can and the throttle body open up when certain conditions are met and it allows the gasses (fumes) to be pulled into the motor to be burned.

~Mark

ok well i pretty much new that, but does it have to be fixed like right now or can it wait? it will get fixed eventually.

just to clarify there is no vacum leak, i plugged it.

 

[Maniak]

On a 1st gen x, it won't set a code..

Just leave the broken hose there but cap the one on the Throttle body side and you can then fix it later when you have time and remember

~Mark

 

[coondog491]

ok i already plugged it so its not leaking, but do i have to buy a new sensor or can i just glue the plastic connector back on?

 

[Spdrcer34]

You can glue the sensor back together. Or you can grab one at the junkyard. It's not a common 'wear' part. So the odds of finding a good one at the yard is pretty good. If you break any of the other Vacuum parts, You an buy new vacuum splices and T's at your local auto parts store. They are generic, sold in the 'HELP' (i.e. Dorman) section

Ryan

 

[coondog491]

But the T is part of the sensor itself

 

[tigercat]

if i wanted to remove all my smog hoses and all that crap where are they located and what would the effects be?

 

[Spdrcer34]

Leave the hoses alone. Period.

Ryan

 

[boggs1227]

yeah ... do like ryan said and leave everything alone.....

...becides the evap solinoid and all of it's hook up's are under the fuel rail so you would have to tear apart the upper intake system just to get to it