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Old 12-23-2009, 11:28 AM
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Question vaccume hoses just busted

alright guys vaccume hoses just busted but right beofre i noticed it oil pressure dropped but no knocking noise is this because of the hoses or is something really bad
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Which hose busted?
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Originally Posted by Armageddon
Which hose busted?
i just changed the one from the valve cover to the throttle body but member black bird 99 ta posted low oil pressure and the same problems he is having i am having after i changed my oil the pressure started to drop from 40 at a cold start them warm at idle 20 to o then check gauges light came on but this only happened twice and second time i herd a tapping noise from top of motor then stopped
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The hose from the valve cover to the throttle body should just be pulling fumes from the crank case and reburing them in the engine. Cannot see how this could affect the oil psi.

What happend before the oil PSI dropped? Miss a shift? held the shift to long? RPMS can kill rod bearings
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It sounds like you've got some smoked bearings man.




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