vacuum hose routing? help please!!
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
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vacuum hose routing? help please!!
i just swapped in a 2.8 out of a 93 s10 into my 86 camaro since the orinigal engine started to knock..
well i cant for the life of me remember the vacuum hose routing. i got the diagram thats floating around here on the internet on the engine but it still doesnt help. i deleted the EGR and the charcoal canister so on the PCV valve i have plugged the line that runs under the plenum that the old charcoal canister lines use to run to that was behind the AC compressor. since the 93 had the digital EGR i just plugged that and hoping i plugged the ones that ran to the old vacum one. im gonna post the pictures of the lines im not sure about. these are the ones iv plugged but not sure are correct or in the right spot to be honest. iv im missing any please tell me where they are and where they go please!! i dont have cruise control on my car so i dont have to worry about that.

lets start here, i know the top line of the regualtor went to the EGR so i plugged it. the bottom went to the vacuum switch so i have it hooked up. but i dont remember what went to the top nipple thats facing the firewall. i do remember for a fact that the vacuum switchs ran to a T which one line ran do the regulator and the other ran infront of the valve cover but i dont remember what too so i need help there.
well i cant for the life of me remember the vacuum hose routing. i got the diagram thats floating around here on the internet on the engine but it still doesnt help. i deleted the EGR and the charcoal canister so on the PCV valve i have plugged the line that runs under the plenum that the old charcoal canister lines use to run to that was behind the AC compressor. since the 93 had the digital EGR i just plugged that and hoping i plugged the ones that ran to the old vacum one. im gonna post the pictures of the lines im not sure about. these are the ones iv plugged but not sure are correct or in the right spot to be honest. iv im missing any please tell me where they are and where they go please!! i dont have cruise control on my car so i dont have to worry about that.
lets start here, i know the top line of the regualtor went to the EGR so i plugged it. the bottom went to the vacuum switch so i have it hooked up. but i dont remember what went to the top nipple thats facing the firewall. i do remember for a fact that the vacuum switchs ran to a T which one line ran do the regulator and the other ran infront of the valve cover but i dont remember what too so i need help there.
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
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Transmission: 89 700R4
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Re: vacuum hose routing? help please!!
okay, next is the T on the back of the plenum. i know the brake booster line and the other vacum line ran there but i also remember that the T on the passenger side of the plenum had a line that ran to the passenger side that i couldnt remember. so i pulled the line and plugged it, is that what ran do that top nipple on the vacuum regulator?
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Re: vacuum hose routing? help please!!
and last but not least is the vacum box on the firewall. i remembered that that hardline ran to the top nipple on it so thats correct but what went in the bottom of the box?
when i got the car it has an aftermarket cruise that didnt work so during the swap i removed it. so i also had the vacum ball in there aswell. that T line thats running to the back of the plenum was in one of the ports of the ball. so since i didnt need it i removed that and took that line thats running to the back of the plenum and put it in the bottom port of the vacuum box, is this correct?
when i got the car it has an aftermarket cruise that didnt work so during the swap i removed it. so i also had the vacum ball in there aswell. that T line thats running to the back of the plenum was in one of the ports of the ball. so since i didnt need it i removed that and took that line thats running to the back of the plenum and put it in the bottom port of the vacuum box, is this correct?
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Transmission: 89 700R4
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Re: vacuum hose routing? help please!!
the only other concerns i have are. i have a small vacuum line coming out of the driver side firewall that i have connected to my windsheild washer pump, i believe this is right because of the length of the hose, i have another vacuum line coming out of the firewall near the brake booster that i have running under my plenum running to that rubber port thing on the throttle body next to the FPR line, correct there too?, are there any im missing? my BIGGEST concern is i hear a near the back of the intake near the firewall, are there any lines back there that i could be missing?, i think its the PCV main valve back there because when i pull it up on the nipple that it slides onto i can hear it kind of quiet down and the engine settles down alittle bit but its not big, how do i fix that?
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