Loose hose

[Johnman45]

ok, just checked 2 of my carbies. turns out that there are 2 hoses with white dashes. one as described by WmWatt, and the other that feeds from the PAIR system on the intake cleaner. the PAIR hose is short (about 7") and goes to the TOP of the vac solenoid in the middle of the pack of 3 on the firewall (has brownish/orange 2 wire connector going to it). if that's the hose you speak of, then i suspect that the top nipple of the solenoid has snapped off in the hose...

Looks like someone has removed the round black plastic "check valve". I'm calling it a check valve but I don't actualy know what it does. Out the other side of the valve come two hoses which go into the charcoal cannister. Do you still have the charcoal canister, a black bucket about 4" across and 6" high which bolts onto the driver's side fender? The cannister holds any fumes which evaporate out of the fuel when the car is sitting. When you start the car the engine vacuum sucks the fumes out of the cannister and feed them into the air-fuel intake so they get burned instead of being released into the atmosphere. It's an emissions reduction thing. If the cannister is not there that won't effect engine performance. If the hose is not plugged you get air being sucked inot the engine and that would screw up the air/fule mixture, making the engine run lean (too much air, not enough gas). So if you plug the end of the hose the car should run great but you'll be adding to air pollution a little bit, about as much as spilling some gas on the ground when filling the tank at a service station, I would imagine.

I suspect that the hose is the pair house because it is short and i have all the hoses going to the charcoal canister. that being said would i need to replace that solenoid and where would i get that?

[zoe60]

Junkyard unless someone on here has one. For now you could stick a golf tee or something in the hose to stop the leak.

[FestYboy]

^ yup.

[Johnman45]

Ok thanks for all the help.