Rando Hose and Some Chewings (1 Viewer)

[CLHickman]

Hey gang!

So I was topping off the water in my battery and charging it up when I noticed something odd. There was a bulk of junk by the spark plug coils. I took off the engine beauty cover to find that the junk was the heat shield foam. It was obviously chewed and I know there has been a bunch of chat about that. My question though is what is the cracked hose above that area?

 

[CLHickman]

Hmmm Does anyone have the wiring diagram for the vacuum switch assembly harness? Where do those two wires go anyway? It seems that was chewed through. I'm going to attempt a solder/splice. I guess I'll try to electrical tape the vacuum hose until I can get a replacement.

 

[KLF]

I wonder how important that foam crap is. It sure is a nuisance.

 

[bjowett]

The VSV valve w/ cracked hose operates the variable intake runners inside the intake manifold.

 

[RET2]

You can probably get one of those butt splice connectors for tubing and hose clamp it on to fix the tubing issue

 

[CLHickman]

I wonder how important that foam crap is. It sure is a nuisance.

The hose is pretty cheap. I was thinking of just electrical tape because there are actually 3 brakes in that hose. I did review the other hoses/wires in the area and they're good. My real concern is the connector for the vacuum assembly. I'm hoping that soldering the wires together and sealing them in a heat shrink tube will work. I've no idea what a test would look like, since I've apparently been driving it like this for an unknown amount of time.

My concern is that I don't have an OBD2 reader yet (on the way). There were no lights on the dash and I only saw the pile of heat shield around that lower harness. So, who knows if I have other issues elsewhere =/

 

[CLHickman]

Shadetree mechanic day...

So I got the splices soldered and then shrink tubed. I also shrink tubed the vacuum hose. Tape wasn’t going to cut it and the temp rating was too low for it anyway.

How do I know if the system is functioning properly? I couldn’t detect any leaks from the hose. The shrink tube was sealed solid at the ends.

 

[TonyP]

Surprised it wasn't throwing codes.

 

[CLHickman]

You ain't the only one, brother! Ha