XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:29:51 -0700, Bob F   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Does anyone replace gaskets as part of maintenance, before they find a   
   leak at one?   
      
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