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Hi all,

Was wondering if a local SAU member or anyone could just give me a hand with something.

I have a R34GTT and heres my problem:

The hose which measures and connects the boost gauge has disconnected from the unit in the engine bay. So one end is connected the engine side, but the other end is just sucking in air pointlessly, where it should be connected to a small unit.

I can't seem to get the unit out as I dont have a small enough wrench or what not to unscrew the unit, and engine work is not my forte.

Would be great if someone could just help connect the damn thing back as my car seems be misfiring and boosting strangely.

Will repay with beer. PM if you can help and which beer you like :)

Ill take a photo and diagram it up later, but its should be really simple.

Cheers,

Joe

Edit: Forgot to say, I live in the Hills area, cherrybrook. also near the dural bunnings if that helps. cheers!

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mate it should be as easy as pushing the hose onto the barb fitting on the bottom. make sure there is no split in the hose, if there is cut the line shorter to remove the split. if its too short to reach then you will need to replace the whole run.

and yes its a boost leak so it will affect idle and cause missfires.

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mate it should be as easy as pushing the hose onto the barb fitting on the bottom. make sure there is no split in the hose, if there is cut the line shorter to remove the split. if its too short to reach then you will need to replace the whole run.

and yes its a boost leak so it will affect idle and cause missfires.

Do you mean the pointy ended one sticking out or the smaller one inside? Sorry for the vague description, I could only feel underneath the unit. Coz last time this happened, I got it fixed at Powerplay (when I got new tyres) and the mechanic had to take the unit out first.

Also is there any long term damage from this? I've been busy at work so havent had the time to fix it.

Ill give it a try again, Thanks mate.

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lol in that case take it back and tell Ali to do it properly this time :/ not like him to miss something he is the most anal mechanic I know!

if it's come off twice, most likely the hose is split. Im not familiar with the exact sender you mean but it will be a plastic barb with about the same diameter as the hose so it is a snug fit. for extra safety you can fit a cable tie to hold it all in place firmly.

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Hahaha, nah Ali's a great mechanic, i think its just something wrong with my car, ever since i got it the hose keeps cracking and coming off. But this is the first time from the unit side. I've put it back in to a barb, not sure if its the right one, coz my boost gauge is not working and stuck on 0. So either its in the right barb and my boost gauge is now broken or its in the wrong barb. But its boosting properly now, so i think its the gauge. *sigh*

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it will keep cracking and splitting, i had the same prob with mine (333gtst) for months, i just kept cutting and sticky taping (coz im lazy) but then it was even easier to buy a meter of new hose (similar diametre), took about 10 mins all up to redo them, i even took out the black box where one end of the hose connects to.... cost me about $2 or something. I just went to repco in dural and did it.....

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