Is this supposed to be like this...? (pic)

Kalsun...MK · **Is this supposed to be like this...? (pic) -** 08-27-2008, 09:55 PM

1989 2.6

Upon removing the air filter housing I discovered this little guy apparently not connected to anything. :\ And I tried to look at the manual but apparently am a dummy... :) Thanx...

-Kal

qwerty · 08-28-2008, 12:32 AM

yep, don't quote me but I think it should be part of the fuel pressure regulator

*notrod2hotrod* · 08-28-2008, 03:34 AM

I did the same thing and discovered this piece as well. I'm not sure what it does but it has a black hose that it lives inside. Find the black hose of approxemately the same length and feed it back through. Should solve your problem.

tom_kauf · 08-28-2008, 10:52 AM

Yeah, I know where that goes. I've replaced that rubber breather hose on my 190E, and had to remove that little vacuum hose as well. But I don't know what it does.
It's a shame I haven't got my car here, otherwise I would take a picture.
Basically, you have to remove your air filter housing, and you can see where it will go.
Or, just take a picture with the air filter housing off, and I'll point it out. The vacuum hose goes into another small rubber fitting near the LH side (looking forward).

Kalsun...MK · 08-28-2008, 07:19 PM

...so then replacing that little hose would be as simple as finding a replacement hose and "hooking" it back up...? (granted I'd have to remove the air filter housing and what not)

tom_kauf · 10:35 PM

Well, the Larger black rubber hose pushes onto the underside of the Airfilter housing (a round fitting). The little plastic vacuum hose goes just underneath that, where a rubber fitting comes up from the top of the engine (it's slightly larger, so that the vacuum hose fits inside it).
If you can take a pic, that would make it easier. I get my car back in 5-6 days, so I won't be able to show you on mine, until then.

EDIT: I don't think anything needs to be replaced, just put back (from what I saw in the pic).

Kalsun...MK · 08-29-2008, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom_kauf

EDIT: I don't think anything needs to be replaced, just put back (from what I saw in the pic).

Hmm, sweet! Lets hope so...I'm gunna' go check it out this afternoon and see what I find. Thanx Tom...

-Kal

Kalsun...MK · 08-30-2008, 08:22 PM

Durr...so where does that plastic vacuum hose go...?

cypress188 · 08-30-2008, 08:36 PM

connects to fuel pressure regulator....

Kalsun...MK · 08-30-2008, 10:11 PM

Thanx cypress. I prolly never woulda' found that. Unfortunately it still wont start, but at least now I know where that silly hose goes. ;)

One more quick thing: Is there supposed to be a hole on top of the air filter housing? (and no, not the bolts; theres a hole near the middle of the housing with apparently nothing in it)

tom_kauf · 08-31-2008, 09:51 AM

I think you're talking about the hole for the mixture control. It's just a hole to allow access to the adjustment screw below.

It sits above here, right (that's the adjustement screw)?

John5788 · 08-31-2008, 06:15 PM

i think hes talking about the hole in the airbox, not the idle mixture control

Kalsun...MK · 08-31-2008, 06:16 PM

Ahh, yeah, it does sit right above that. Just making sure that there wasn't something else that I was missing.

tom_kauf · 08-31-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by John5788

i think hes talking about the hole in the airbox, not the idle mixture control

Yeah, I know. But that's what the hole (in the airbox) is there for. That's what it sits right above of.