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Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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My wifes car has been running like shit for a few months, not a persistant problem, but every once in a while it gets a nasty stumble and looses power for a second. I couldn't figure it out and I brought it to a shop a while ago and they said there was nothing wrong with it. Anyway, last night she went to a friends house and on the way home the car would die as soon as she would hit the brakes.
So I went out to look at it this morning and it worked fine until I came to a stop light then it started to sputter and tried to die again. I was able to quickly find a leaking vaccum line by the sucking sound I heard. There was a small but visible hole in ths line so I took the problem line off the spare focus in my yard, and replaced it. Car ran fine for a few miles then all of a sudden it started to stumble again. same thing vaccum line leak, I can hear it, not as loud as the last one but still there. So then i spray all the lines down with starter fluid, and nothing no surge like it would if it was sucking air, but a second after I pull the spray away it surges like I just gave it some starter fluid. My guess is that it took a second to work its way through the system. Anyway, now I'm stuck with a diagnosed problem and can't find the damn problem area. Btw, car is an '00 with 125k miles, and I am the only owner. And as an added bonus I replaced the front brakes for the 9th time last thursday.
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Found it, the large hose under all the small vac hoses had a crack in it, the same hose off the spare focus was dry rotted to all hell, probably something to do with not being used for 3 years. So off to the auto parts store I go
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
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hooray!
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Effing ford. Apparently they arent selling specialty parts to auto stores any more in a bid to raise revenue. The hose I needed, well I need to get it from ford directly. In the mean time I rigged up a hose that works for the time being, will have to get the real part later in in the week to do it right. I need a hose that starts out as 3/4" id then a small 90 degree bend straight for 6 inches, up and back in 2 more 90 degree bends, and ends with a 1/2" id. I wound up having to modify a check valve to get the two different id hoses together and wrap the whole thing around the back of the engine to keep it from kinking.
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
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fuckers
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Cant make your own? The make kits with different size bends, step downs and adapters and different size hose.
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Autozone didnt have the right bends and the correct stepdown.
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