Cracked Vacuum Line To Brake Vacuum Assist

While checking the oil today I noticed that the black, hard plastic vacuum line from the vacuum pump to the brake booster was cracked at the fitting near the pump. I've only got 24000 miles on this 2002 Golf. Anyone had similar problems? The line looks preformed, any ideas on the difficulty removing it from the brake booster? Currently a bit of electrical tape is in-place as a temporary fix.

Denis

Cracked vacuum line

Hi Dennis, I also have a cracked/split vacuum pipe from pump to servo but at servo end. They're easy to replace as you buy the complete pipe. You just pull the pipe out of the servo (it's just pushed into a rubber grommet)
And the pump end is clipped on. Unclip it from the bulkhead and feed the pipe out.
Hope this helps

I just had the same thing

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=412177

Mine was also cracked and got replaced with all the rest of them.

Do really only have 24000 miles on an 02? That's only about 2000 miles a year. I can put that many on in two weeks, or did you mean you have 240,000 miles?

That is quite common, we used to keep that part on the shelf. You may only have 24k miles, but that car (and that tube) is 12 years old.

LOL the original post is from '04.

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LOL the original post is from '04.

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LOL nice catch. Justifies the 24k miles. I've done that just in the last 6 months!

I use rescue tape and just wrap them, works perfect!

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LOL the original post is from '04.

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Missed that one.