Is it EGR or PCV or what? 96 Windstar 3.8

External Since: Mar 27, 2004 Posts: 5

There is a vacuum port of some kind on the top of the engine toward the
drivers side. Right where the air intake connects to the intake manifold.

What is it?

The reason I ask is because there is a rubber boot that connects this valve
or whatever to a plastic tube that goes off behind the engine somewhere. This
boot has a big hole in it which I have taped up for now. I need to know what
to call it when I go to get a new one. It's a couple inches long and has a 90
degree bend in it. I never got the shop manual for this beast, there's not
much I am equipped to do on this van. I think I can handle replacing this boot
though...

Thanks for any info.

Tom

p.s. Oddly enough, since I taped this boot up the mysterious coolant loss I
was experiencing seems to have cleared up. Could this be related to that? I
can't imagine how.

External Since: Nov 22, 2003 Posts: 325

"Tom Duller" <tduller.DeleteThis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:aicqd.129$375.110@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> There is a vacuum port of some kind on the top of the engine toward the
> drivers side. Right where the air intake connects to the intake manifold.
>
> What is it?
>
> The reason I ask is because there is a rubber boot that connects this
> valve
> or whatever to a plastic tube that goes off behind the engine somewhere.
> This
> boot has a big hole in it which I have taped up for now. I need to know
> what
> to call it when I go to get a new one. It's a couple inches long and has a
> 90
> degree bend in it. I never got the shop manual for this beast, there's not
> much I am equipped to do on this van. I think I can handle replacing this
> boot
> though...
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Tom
>
> p.s. Oddly enough, since I taped this boot up the mysterious coolant loss
> I
> was experiencing seems to have cleared up. Could this be related to that?
> I
> can't imagine how.

Is it a large hose? probably just the vent for the pcv system... We may need
a picture for this one....

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