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HELP!!!! Missing a hose!!!!!

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Old 07-17-10, 10:46 AM
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Exclamation HELP!!!! Missing a hose!!!!!

I need to know what hose im missing and where it goes

Its in the front of the engine next to the power steering canister:



Old 07-17-10, 02:11 PM
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we all dont have that hose
Old 07-17-10, 04:20 PM
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on a 1st gen gs, that hose is used to control the variable steering.
Old 07-17-10, 07:08 PM
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yup no hose missing, has one on each side that doesnt hook up to anything so your good.
Old 07-18-10, 10:14 AM
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haha, yea that scared me too when i first saw it, so i looke up a vac. diagram and engine compartment diagram and nothing!!! ITS ALL GOOD GUY!!
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Yeah!!!!! thanks for the replies
Old 07-19-10, 05:01 AM
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i freaked when i saw that for the first time too lol
Old 07-24-10, 08:46 PM
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That hose uses for nothing. If you are driving the IS, dont need to worry. If you are driving the GS, then that hose uses for vaccum!
Old 08-02-10, 06:56 PM
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I took my 04 around to a few of my car friends when I first picked it up last year, all of them noticed that "missing hose" as soon as the hood opened. LOL.
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