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I have an '83 2.0 with a very rough idle. Jerky acceleration at low speeds too. The last time this happened I found a vacuum leak. Fixed it and then all was good.
Until now. I don't see any leaky hoses. This is not the original engine and so has a few plugged hoses here and there. The vacuum chart on the radiator support has been painted over and I can't find another one anywhere. My biggest question (finally!) is what is on the other end of the pipe coming out of the bottom of the EGR valve. It has one vacuum tube coming out of the top and going to something with three other tubes connected. (I had the name of it yesterday from my Haynes manual, but forget it now).
But.
Coming out of the bottom is a metal flex pipe that I'm guessing would normally go to the exhaust. It's only about 4 inches long and looks to have been longer at some point. Does anyone KNOW where this should go? What looks to be where a normal EGR tube would be hooked up on the exhaust manifold is plugged so I know it wasn't going there.Is there another place? Could it have been plugged?
Hopefully all of my long-windedness is clear, but if you need more info about something just let me know. I searched here for about two hours yesterday...
thanks,
Stan
Until now. I don't see any leaky hoses. This is not the original engine and so has a few plugged hoses here and there. The vacuum chart on the radiator support has been painted over and I can't find another one anywhere. My biggest question (finally!) is what is on the other end of the pipe coming out of the bottom of the EGR valve. It has one vacuum tube coming out of the top and going to something with three other tubes connected. (I had the name of it yesterday from my Haynes manual, but forget it now).
But.
Coming out of the bottom is a metal flex pipe that I'm guessing would normally go to the exhaust. It's only about 4 inches long and looks to have been longer at some point. Does anyone KNOW where this should go? What looks to be where a normal EGR tube would be hooked up on the exhaust manifold is plugged so I know it wasn't going there.Is there another place? Could it have been plugged?
Hopefully all of my long-windedness is clear, but if you need more info about something just let me know. I searched here for about two hours yesterday...
thanks,
Stan
