[Vwdiesel] Plastic line from vane vacuum pump to brake booster

[ken1]

Well, I was able to "patch" mine. Plugged broken nipples with small screw and silicone sealer. Will try to get proper check valve and grommet soon. My plastic line is 9mm I.D. and 12mm-13mm O.D. I will cotinue to seek my heat gun and experiment. ken
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From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: ken1 <ktzkarz at embarqmail.com>, dlist <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:32:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Plastic line from vane vacuum pump to brake booster

It can simply be replaced with the standard Vw vent line in that size. I 
don't recall exactly what size, but 7mm seems to come to mind.

The hose splits all the time on late model VAG's, and we just replace it 
with the older flexible stuff. Never have any issues after replacement.

Tony

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Subject: [Vwdiesel] Plastic line from vane vacuum pump to brake booster


> Have old pre-shaped plastic line. Can it be re-heated and re-shaped? My 
> jury rigged setup had the same type valve that is on the vac pump (had two 
> nipples) and then had a hose connecting the two nipples. I reached to 
> tighten the big hose connection and yes, it happened; one of the nipples 
> snapped off. I will try to seal with super glue until I determine that the 
> plastic pipe can be re-shaped AND I find my heat gun. lol TIA
> -- 
> 1982 caddy 1.6L NA running
> 1967 convertible bug running
> 1980 caddy project 


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1982 caddy 1.6L NA running
1967 convertible bug running
1980 caddy project