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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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WOW I THINK I FOUND MY ROUGH IDEL

I was looking at my car at school trying to find why my car is dying at red lights and have a rough idle. so i started looking at lines and i notice two vacumn lines broke going from my egr valve to the egr soloid [ look at pic] I need to know if they would sell this at a local parts store. thanks
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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oh, those stupid hard brittle plastic lines... I've never seen 'em at a parts store, but i've never really looked either.
GM should be able to get 'em for you if a parts store doesn't have them.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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Screw those plastic lines if you're able to replace them with a regular vacuum hose. Cheaper and more forgiving when you're working on the engine. One wrong bump to an old plastic line and it's busted.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by formula forever
I was looking at my car at school trying to find why my car is dying at red lights and have a rough idle. so i started looking at lines and i notice two vacumn lines broke going from my egr valve to the egr soloid [ look at pic] I need to know if they would sell this at a local parts store. thanks
Look in the aisle with the "HELP" products and miscellaneous fittings. You can just use soft lines like mentioned before. They usually will have tees, wheys, strait and 90* connectors, just make a diagram if you don't know where each one goes. Sometimes you will see those hard lines as well.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Screw those plastic lines if you're able to replace them with a regular vacuum hose. Cheaper and more forgiving when you're working on the engine. One wrong bump to an old plastic line and it's busted.

tell me about it, i just bumped a line going into the firewall and now i cant switch the vent direction

Gotta fix it soon cuz my idle is going crazy lol
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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but do u guys think that the egr lines would cause my rough idel??
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by firstfirebird
Look in the aisle with the "HELP" products and miscellaneous fittings. You can just use soft lines like mentioned before. They usually will have tees, wheys, strait and 90* connectors, just make a diagram if you don't know where each one goes. Sometimes you will see those hard lines as well.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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here you go http://tpiparts.net/82_92_emissions $26.00
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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but do u guys think that the egr lines would cause my rough idel??
Absolutely! If any of the lines are even leaking will cause rough/high idle because you are getting too much air into the intake.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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very good but it says it only goes for 89-92 tpi engines. I have an 87 engine. does it matter? i need to know
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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i dont think so..... try matching what you have to that picture.....i know the small line goes to the egr and the long one goes to bottom of the throttle body
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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Buy some steel brake line and bend it yourself. Easy to do, and it makes for a bulletproof connection.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 08:44 AM
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If you buy a new EGR solenoid it comes with those lines attached to the new part. If all else fails...
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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They sell those hard plastic lines at autozone. I just bought some the other day.
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