How I fixed it 01 V6 vacuum boot

[tireman]

Hello all! Have not been here in a while now cause the Lincoln is running great. Owned her for 15 years now, my daily driver, 182K miles and climbing. Great condition, no rust southern car. So I always had a issue with the vacuum line going from the throttle body to the PCV connector at the back of the engine. Those darn rubber boots fall apart under the heat of the engine. And you cannot buy them separately, you must buy the entire plastic line and get this, only one boot! not both ends. So here's what i did. bought a foot of 1/2 ID heat hose .79, one foot rubber 1/4 ID gas line, 1.00, rubber cement 2.00, cut the hoses down to size, roughed up the outside of the gas line to remove some rubber to enhance curing, then put rubber cement on inside of heater hose end and over outside of gas line, after gloss exits rubber cement, pushed the gas line into the end of the heater hose, let cure over night. remove old tired boot, use soapy water to lubricate rubber surface and metal connector, push them together, all done!

 

[don-ohio]

Thanks for the info,Tireman! I'm re-reading it and I hope it will come up for folks under `PCV' search or `PCV hose'. don-ohio ^)

 

[Telco]

Nice, although the rubber cement was unnecessary. Vacuum will try to collapse the entire hose. The rubber will give just a bit, the metal won't give at all, and the difference will seal the rubber tightly against the metal.

 

[1LoudLS]

I'm re-reading it and I hope it will come up for folks under `PCV' search or `PCV hose'. don-ohio ^)

this sites search feature wont search for three letter or shorter words.

 

[don-ohio]

Thanks,Loud! That explains a lot! don-ohio ^)