Another day another CEL

**dak360rt** · 05-13-2008 04:45 PM

So i took my car to carmax to get the o2 changed and i was boosting on the way home because i love it. everything was great

The next morning i start the car and i hear a big vacuum leak, i popped the hood and there is some sort of a T fitting or valve or something that has broken. I tapped it and the the suction snapped back into place and held there till the car turns off. So every morning i have to tap it back into place so the car wont miss and the CEL wont come on.

So after my novel what is that part so i can replace it. There is a rubber fitting centered on the firewall that has a hard rubber line that zig zags down to the T fitting or valve that is broken i can pull it apart by hand.

Thanks
Marty

**Paulyworld1432** · 05-13-2008 05:08 PM

New piece is like 150 bucks cause it comes with that hardline that zigzag's. This happened to me so i just got some heat resistant epoxy from home depot and glued that thang up!

**Jsmooth65** · 05-13-2008 05:16 PM

Most likely the big burly hands at your local mechanic broke it because it was brittle. Make them fix it.

**AudiSportB5S4** · 05-13-2008 07:40 PM

i had to read that twice, are you talking about this....

the brake booster valve?

**The_Jerbel** · 05-13-2008 08:21 PM

^^Yes he is, and yes, the epoxy method is by far the most cost effective

**dak360rt** · 05-13-2008 11:45 PM

no actually not that one, if you follow that hard zig zag line down it comes to a T with another hose and the connector there is a plastic valve (for lack of a better word)

today at lunch i hit boost and and a bump and the connection came apart and i lost power brakes and it started missing pretty bad, so it makes sense that it would have something to do with the power brake booster.

sorry i dont have a camera Blackberry 8820 FTL

Marty

**The_Jerbel** · 05-14-2008 12:47 AM

Are you talking about the spider hose with the PCV valve that goes into the Y pipe?

The brake booster hose and fitting do look different on the 01.5 than it does on the '00 in the pic above...are you sure it's not that one?

**dak360rt** · 05-14-2008 01:37 AM

Its really hard to see because it sits behind and under the y pipe, like i said the part that is broken is attached to the other end of that rubber hose that is circled in that pic up there.

Thanks for the help

Marty

**dak360rt** · 05-14-2008 12:30 PM

okay i figured out how to get pictures on here

Here is a shot of the zig zag hard line that goes down to the part that is actually broken

And here is a shot at where that oragne part on on the zig zag hose plugs into thats broken

Hope this helps, again thanks for the help
Marty

**Paulyworld1432** · 05-14-2008 01:03 PM

Yep thats the f***er! if you want the part number i can give it to you, or just epoxy it

**dak360rt** · 05-14-2008 01:07 PM

yeah whats the part number, im going to have to get those pricks at carmax to fix it. Then i plan on never taking it there for service again, its just all free during the first month.

Marty