HLuna Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 What’s up everyone happy Fourth of July. I was driving down the road and suddenly my brakes became stiff and I basically had to stand on them to get the car to slow down. I did some troubleshooting and ruled out the probable causes. But upon further inspection I noticed that this hose was held together by electrical tape and it had come loose. I taped it up again for the sake of testing a theory and my brakes were working again. My question is if anyone knows exactly what part this is. The hose sits in a plastic connector that goes from The master cylinder and into the intake. I tried to take the hose out of the connector but something tells me it’s all one piece. Thank you for the help 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyross Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 It's the vacuum line for the brake booster. Did you buy the car used? For safety, that hose needs to be replaced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLuna Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 8 hours ago, andyross said: It's the vacuum line for the brake booster. Did you buy the car used? For safety, that hose needs to be replaced. Yea It’s used 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyross Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 From the picture, it almost looks like it was once deliberately cut. Very nasty. Not sure how hard it is to replace and how handy you are. Others can post links to parts if you want to do it yourself, or at least estimates on how hard/easy it is to do. Maybe you can mention the exact engine/model, in case it varies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 hours ago, andyross said: From the picture, it almost looks like it was once deliberately cut. Very nasty. Not sure how hard it is to replace and how handy you are. Others can post links to parts if you want to do it yourself, or at least estimates on how hard/easy it is to do. Maybe you can mention the exact engine/model, in case it varies. The Plastic connector to the booster pulls out with some friendly persuasion. There's an o-ring sealing the connection. The vacuum source connector is a squeeze-to-release coupler. The part is relatively inexpensive and is a D-I-Y if one is even moderately handy. Here's how it's done on a 2017 1.5. The OP didn't specify which engine his car has. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLuna Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, drolds1 said: The Plastic connector to the booster pulls out with some friendly persuasion. There's an o-ring sealing the connection. The vacuum source connector is a squeeze-to-release coupler. The part is relatively inexpensive and is a D-I-Y if one is even moderately handy. Here's how it's done on a 2017 1.5. The OP didn't specify which engine his car has. My apologies it’s the 2.5, and that video doesn’t show the right hose. But I was able to find the part, I went to my Ford dealer and physically showed them the part. Edited July 6, 2023 by HLuna Typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpohlman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 You can use vacuum line and constant tension clamps to repair this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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