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Ears - 25 Jan 2008 02:17 GMT

'90 Golf 8v

I had a rough running problem and the car was stalling at
intersections and starting hard.

I replaced the coolant temp. sensors to no avail.

Upon closer inspection I discovered a giant tear in a hose. It's the
air hose at the highest point on my motor- on top of the valve cover-
it's larger in diameter on one side and travels from a plastic
cannister to the motor.

What is this hose? Does it have a name? Any ordering suggestions?

Thanks

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Bernd Felsche - 25 Jan 2008 02:39 GMT

>'90 Golf 8v

>I had a rough running problem and the car was stalling at
>intersections and starting hard.

>I replaced the coolant temp. sensors to no avail.

>Upon closer inspection I discovered a giant tear in a hose. It's the
>air hose at the highest point on my motor- on top of the valve cover-
>it's larger in diameter on one side and travels from a plastic
>cannister to the motor.

>What is this hose? Does it have a name? Any ordering suggestions?

The plastic cannister is the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV)
valve. I suppose one coule call the hose the PCV-hose. Last time I
bought one, it was surprisingly expensive!

There's a large "grommet" underneath the PCV valve that's also
worthy of replacement after "many" years ... usually not expensive.
When that grommet leaks, it causes rough idle at best.

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Peter Parker - 27 Jan 2008 22:30 GMT

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Throttle body hose. PVC gets connected to that and the valve cover.

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