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I suppose my question is do I have to follow the line back all the way through the bundle from the canister to the T connector, or can I simply run a new line from the T connector down to the canister and bypass all the current hose?? Once I get suction at the end of the hose at the canister I can then hook it up to the canister and check it for cracks. Think I am on the right track!?
Edit: If I indeed can bypass the tubing by just running a new line from the T to the canister, can I get away with running the slightly larger diameter hose all the way down, or does it need to be reduced somewhere in the middle like the original seems to be?
Jeff
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
intake manifold? I could see why they might use a reduced to slow increases and drops in pressure
from the canister. But I'd just put a rubber line from the roll they cut for you at O'Reilly/Checkers,
for example.
As to loss of vacuum inside the cabin, I'd fix the outside. If you had crumbling rubber that probably
was where your leak was. I know the rubber on the load-leveling rear struts on my 98 leSabre was
powered and broke when I touched it. After that, see how the inside works when car is accelerated
for a short time up a hill after running normal low throttle opening and high vacuum.
After that is fixed, you should be able to have the inside on heat, turn off the engine and be able, with the key ON to push buttons change to defrost, windshield/heat, and hear the vacuum diaphragms (motors they call them) move the parts as the vacuum is used up over maybe 10-15 seconds.
If the inside unit changes and directs the air flow where it's supposed to go for each setting, I'd
recommend being happy. I would not start digging into the inside parts unless absolutely
necessary. (Been there, done that with my automatic system on 98).
Again, good luck, and if you have any questions I know enough to answer, I'll be happy to help.
I do have a 98 factory service manual if you need pictures. The 98 made 200K miles and I
traded it. I had skipped servicing and replacing things that needed work but it ran great and
transmission was great.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,