Hi,
Can anyone tell me what the symptoms would be if there was a collapsed section of the vacuum line coming from vacuum pump, in other words it sucked its self almost completely closed due to being the wrong hose used. It is a soft hose someone obliviously used as a replacement in the past but I believe it should be a hard plastic hose instead.
The reason I ask is my car failed the test due to being a vacuum leak according to the tester. He said the vacuum goes after one press hard of the brake pedal when it should be good for at least 4 presses. He said I’m basically manually pushing on the brakes all by myself instead of getting the assist by the vacuum. I think this squeezed closed pipe may be the cause of the problem. Can anyone confirm this or shine some light on this for me as tester said I prob need to replace the vacuum pump as he said it’s a common problem with them. Also if I need to replace this hose line how do I disconnect or reconnect the hose lines without damaging it or it’s fittings? My car is Golf GT TDI 130 PD
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Can anyone tell me what the symptoms would be if there was a collapsed section of the vacuum line coming from vacuum pump, in other words it sucked its self almost completely closed due to being the wrong hose used. It is a soft hose someone obliviously used as a replacement in the past but I believe it should be a hard plastic hose instead.
The reason I ask is my car failed the test due to being a vacuum leak according to the tester. He said the vacuum goes after one press hard of the brake pedal when it should be good for at least 4 presses. He said I’m basically manually pushing on the brakes all by myself instead of getting the assist by the vacuum. I think this squeezed closed pipe may be the cause of the problem. Can anyone confirm this or shine some light on this for me as tester said I prob need to replace the vacuum pump as he said it’s a common problem with them. Also if I need to replace this hose line how do I disconnect or reconnect the hose lines without damaging it or it’s fittings? My car is Golf GT TDI 130 PD
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