So I was doing my wires, when I pulled one off and it was tangled with a hose/tube. I broke it. It actually broke in the back of the engine, but it starts at the passenger side - coming out of the valve cover. It runs to the back along the fuel injectors where it has a "T" at the end . It is black, but white on the inside. Nothing came out, it was hollow, maybe a vaccuum hose? I started the truck, and had no service engine light or anything- it seams to run fine. What have I done!! In this pick you see the beginning, but keep in mind, where it broke, it was smaller guage, and in the back. Thanks

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That is a vacuum line coming out of the side of the intake manifold. I would go to NAPA and bring a piece of the hose and replace as much as you can with a rubber hose instead of that plastic hose. THe plastics get real brittle and break very easy after a while.

 

Here is a diagram of how the hoses go. THis is for a 4wd. If your is 2wd you wont have the hose going to a t-case. THe rest is the same.

 

awesome graphics Robert, a picture is worth a 1000 words! [sm=icon_cheers.gif]

 

Did you make a kindergarden kid draw that for you Robert?
LOL

JUst busting

 

In this case, a thousand Haha's. [&:] Anyway, thanks for the diagram, I know I couldn't draw it.

 

So what am I looking at here? Can I just go get a new length of hose to bridge the split? Should I be driving with it like this?

 

lmao 2 the drawing.... A+ for effort

 

you will need to fix the split... you can get some vacuum line that will fit over both ends and you should be good to go. get enough to slide about 1" up both ends if possible... you can make sure its not leaking by spraying water on it. if your engine rpms change or the tone its making changes, you still have a leak. wd40 also works.

 

I prefer carb cleaner because it evaporates