XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/29/2022 1:45 PM, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on 29 Oct 2022 00:41:29 -0000, kludge@panix.com   
   > (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >   
   >> micky   wrote:   
   >>> (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> And I bet a nickel if it's bad that you're going to find more vacuum leaks   
   >>>> after you replace it too.  If it were me, I'd use the OEM part and then I   
   >>>> would go poking around with an unlit propane torch looking for more leaks.   
   >>>   
   >>> Why should there be more leaks than this hose?  If there had been, I   
   >>> think a check engine code would have been set and the light would have   
   >>> gone on.   
   >>   
   >> Because when people defer maintenance, the stuff you see is always the tip   
   >> of the iceberg.   
   >> --scott   
   >   
   > It doesn't look to me like he deferred maaintenance, but even for those   
   > who do, the only maintenance related to vacuum leaks is the hoses, and   
   > unless they have deterioated, there is no point in replacing them.   
      
   Plenty of gaskets affect vacuum too.   
      
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