hole in hose

**bluehawk2000** · 04-28-2010, 09:40 PM

ok so here is my delimma as I was doing a little bit of my checks today under the hood and heard a suction noise that drowned out the sound of the actual intake and found the hose in the picture has a hole in it, the hole is actually on the bottom of the hose so i covered it up with my fingers and the car started to die out on me. Does anybody know what this hose is, I was thinking it had something to do with the egr, can anybody lead me in the right direction and how important it is cause I dont wanna drive my car and screw anything else up.

Thanks,

**Y2KPewterSS** · 04-28-2010, 09:50 PM

That hose is part of the PCV system, doesn't have anything to do with the EGR.

**bluehawk2000** · 04-28-2010, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

That hose is part of the PCV system, doesn't have anything to do with the EGR.

thanks but now why would my car start to die out when I cover the hole up with my finger?

**sjsingle1** · 04-28-2010, 11:23 PM

its VERY common.........its a piece of crap poor design.......remove it and replace with 3 inches of 3/8 fuel line..........GM no longer makes this part

**Smittro** · 04-29-2010, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by bluehawk2000

thanks but now why would my car start to die out when I cover the hole up with my finger?

Because maybe the pcv valve is shot?

**KMdef9** · 04-29-2010, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Smittro

Because maybe the pcv valve is shot?

I cleaned it with brake parts cleaner, then WD-40 it and haven't had a problem with it. Rockautoparts still sells them. I think they're actually on sale right now.