1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 4, 2004 11:42:23 GMT -6
Recently while attempting to repair my coil issue, an unidentified component broke.
The item is bolted onto the firewall above the coils, it is a long flat black box that has a thin tube coming out of it and it goes down in to somewhere, it has one bolt on each side which holds it in place on the firewall, well while removing a bolt I heard a air leak of some sort for about 3 seconds, then it quit (??) then when I took both bolts off the tube snapped, it was EXTREMELY delicate, or heatr damaged that it caused it to snap with very minimal movement.
So, how important is this "box", whats it do?
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 4, 2004 18:01:19 GMT -6
Anyone?
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Post by Aurora95 on Nov 4, 2004 18:16:39 GMT -6
That's the vacuum tank for the cruise control.
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 4, 2004 18:26:40 GMT -6
can you or someone explain what role it plays, and what could be the result of not fixing it?
TX,
J
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Post by stevensolds on Nov 4, 2004 21:17:36 GMT -6
well i would suggest not trying to use your cruise control at the moment, lol.
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 4, 2004 21:44:47 GMT -6
I have, and it works just fine....anyone else know about this?
wheres all the old schoolers at with their knowledge at?
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Post by omegaic on Nov 5, 2004 0:31:00 GMT -6
I'm looking in the manual but there's a lot of stuff in there. Can you post a clear picture?
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Post by Aurora95 on Nov 5, 2004 5:45:02 GMT -6
can you or someone explain what role it plays, and what could be the result of not fixing it? TX, J The FSM states: "The engine supplies vacuum to operate the cruise control system. The vacuum is stored in a vacuum tank for use when the engine is unable to provide adequate vacuum for the systems. Refer to figure 10 for vacuum tank mounting location." So sayth the book of Olds, 1995, 9B-2. |
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Post by JimW on Nov 5, 2004 8:21:22 GMT -6
Check to see if there is a stainless steel line attached to the throttle from the module on the firewall, it should look like a brake cable type line, a picture would really help, I would but my pics are at home...can someone else post an engine pic?
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 5, 2004 8:50:20 GMT -6
If you open your hood, it is on the very center of the firewall, at the very top, when I say very top, its pretty much above the coil packs...its a long rectangular black box, you cant miss it, when your hood is closed it probably almost touches one with the other, that is how visible it is....and of course on the VERY thin tube comes out of the bottom right corner of the box.
I dont have a digi cam, otherwise I would post an image.
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Post by JimW on Nov 5, 2004 9:01:12 GMT -6
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 5, 2004 11:27:43 GMT -6
25603900
LPI
z-1205
SAE PP
Thats what it says in the bottom....i ran the 256 # on the above link it only says TANK ASM...(??)
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1badaurora
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 5, 2004 11:48:42 GMT -6
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Post by omegaic on Nov 5, 2004 12:22:16 GMT -6
That's strange, it doesn't exist in the '98.
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Post by JimW on Nov 5, 2004 12:56:53 GMT -6
Its only on a 95, mine doesnt, Amandas car does.
Its the big black box back there eh Jon?
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 5, 2004 13:09:14 GMT -6
yup....the thin tube plugs into it....just out of curiousity I blew into the tube, and it blows back out, but I havent had any noticable change in performance so I am really wondering how important that box 's function was, and what could the result of not fixing it do if anything.
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dred98
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Post by dred98 on Nov 5, 2004 18:38:21 GMT -6
It's difficult to say how important it is - especially seeing that the rest of us don't seem to have one! Maybe GM decided it wasn't necessary after all because the engine supplies enough vacuum. here's my underhood -  |
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Post by JimW on Nov 6, 2004 1:49:44 GMT -6
here is a dirty ass pic of mine...  its much cleaner now, however that box is not there.  |
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 6, 2004 10:59:16 GMT -6
Well....um, besides those of you not having it, how about those of you with a 95, or with a repair manual...any ideas?
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Post by omegaic on Nov 6, 2004 14:59:24 GMT -6
Hey, if we don't have it then you don't need it! Just rip it out, save the weight!  |
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Post by stevensolds on Nov 6, 2004 16:49:18 GMT -6
lol howard it looks like your brake fluid could use a flushin..dont mean to be Mr. Goodwrench or anything here but mine is piss yellow now that it is new and yours looks a little dark  |
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1badaurora
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Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That, is the sound of inevitability.
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Post by 1badaurora on Nov 6, 2004 16:52:54 GMT -6
well i did follow the other end of the thin tube to see where it lead to...and it plugs into 2 other areas, dont know what those areas are for, but im going to scour the internet for larger images to show you where it leads to...otherwise i'll just have to deal with it.  |
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dred98
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Post by dred98 on Nov 6, 2004 17:48:43 GMT -6
lol howard it looks like your brake fluid could use a flushin..dont mean to be Mr. Goodwrench or anything here but mine is piss yellow now that it is new and yours looks a little dark long distance mechanics ! ;D thanks, I'll check it out - I just got a tune up a couple of weeks ago and they said all the fluids are OK, they also said I'd probably need a brake job in a couple of months. I'm saving up for that at the next oil change, so as long as it's OK until then. |
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Post by stevensolds on Nov 6, 2004 19:01:26 GMT -6
yeah the fluid gets moisture in it from getting pads changed etc. and whenever you slam the brakes it pulses the fluid real fast and that gets it dark really quick. also if you never have it changed it can rust out the entire system. it is about $90 to have the brake fluid flushed. its almost all labor.
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its much cleaner now, however that box is not there.
