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what have i broken :L

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what have i broken :L

Post by Rob_Cool1 » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:53 pm

hey guys, i was trying to get a few bits off to clean them up etc and as i tried to pull one of the vacuum pipes off some of it snapped off :/

I know its a vacuum regulator that goes on the inlet manifold but i have no idea where to get a new one from and some of the part number has been scratched off.

Any help where to get a new one would be great or whether trying to fix it will be the best option.
Thanks in advance :)

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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:04 pm

Looks like a vacuum operated EGR valve?


You could cut the current nipple off flush with the main housing and carefully drill and tap it, so you can fit a screw in bleed nipple.

Something like this;
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You'll need to be very careful though, because there will be diaphragm inside the casing and you won't want to get any crap / swarf inside that might puncture it. Also overall depth and wall depth - there might not be much thickness to the plastic that's available to have a thread cut.
And if you're fitting a metal nipple to a plastic housing, very easy to strip the thread out of the plastic...

Might be possible to glue a plastic nipple on, but that's normally not very strong.

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Post by honda-hardy » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:09 pm

use a soldering iron and melt it back together. Then use araldite to support the fix.

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Post by prelude91 » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:21 pm

An alternative to use bleed nipples, as suggested by Wurly, would be to use pneumatic air line fittings as they are a smaller thread size and may fit better.

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Post by Rob_Cool1 » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:24 pm

yeah il give that a go see what happens haha, could i blank it or will that mess things up
so annoying im not far off finishing the car now, just this and i snapped a bolt for the gearbox stabiliser, but ive figured away to fix that its all good haha

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