Am I Missing A Hose?

djxpress

Hello,

I noticed in the below video there is a hose that they remove from the side of the air filter box to get to the air filter. When I checked my engine, I noticed it was not there. I'm curious if the pictures attached show where the hose goes and what hose this is that I'm missing, if any? The top picture is taken from the passenger side aiming towards the driver side. The middle picture is taken from the driver side aiming toward the passenger side. The bottom picture is a general reference of the location that I'm talking about.


step 2 of this video
https://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/1998_Mazda_626_LX_2.0L_4_Cyl./air_filter_engine/replace

Mr_Shiftright

Put your finger over it while the engine is running? Is there vacuum? (sucking on your finger?). If so, plug it with a bolt or a twig for now until you can open the hood on a similar car--maybe at Pick and Pull?

I look at some photos but couldn't see anything--maybe this hose routes downward rather than upwards...

It looks like a vacuum hose of some sort.

djxpress

found the answer here: https://mazda626.net/topic/41192-fyi-vent-tubehose-atf/?tab=comments#comment-336454

Mr_Shiftright

Rather bizarre place to put it, I must say.