What style should I go with?
Ok, so my car still has all the original smog equipment. It still seems to operate fine so I'm not concerned with ripping any of it out. That, and I really don't believe it consumes much power. Anyways, I got a check valve that's right next to the heater core line (on the pass side of the engine)that has come apart. It broke apart where the big 6 sided "nut" sits against the case of the valve. It was this way when I bought the car and I "fixed" it by applying RTV to it. It sealed up the leak and kept the 2 halves stuck together.
Well today I heard the dreaded sound of an air leak. It was blowing pretty good. Well, my fix finally came apart and it was blowing air out the crack that had formed in the RTV. So, just casually this evening I tried researching the part to see if I could get another. They are available, but there are 2 different kinds.
They have the kind that's in the car that "bolts/screws" onto the metal air line heading to the cat's and then on the other side attaches via a rubber hose w/ clamp. The other kind available is one that has hose connections on each side of the valve. What should I go with? In my experience with my Jeep, I couldn't get these valves off without collapsing the metal line because the side bolted on was seized. I think I tried in the past to undo the bolt on the air line in the car here and I couldn't get it to budge. I didn't want to damage this one so I just quit and RTV'd it. Should I try to work with it more, or should I just cut the line and get a new one with the hose ends on each side for simplicity's sake?
Original style: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...88637&jsn=3095
Hose end style: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...88637&jsn=3093
Ok, so my car still has all the original smog equipment. It still seems to operate fine so I'm not concerned with ripping any of it out. That, and I really don't believe it consumes much power. Anyways, I got a check valve that's right next to the heater core line (on the pass side of the engine)that has come apart. It broke apart where the big 6 sided "nut" sits against the case of the valve. It was this way when I bought the car and I "fixed" it by applying RTV to it. It sealed up the leak and kept the 2 halves stuck together.
Well today I heard the dreaded sound of an air leak. It was blowing pretty good. Well, my fix finally came apart and it was blowing air out the crack that had formed in the RTV. So, just casually this evening I tried researching the part to see if I could get another. They are available, but there are 2 different kinds.
They have the kind that's in the car that "bolts/screws" onto the metal air line heading to the cat's and then on the other side attaches via a rubber hose w/ clamp. The other kind available is one that has hose connections on each side of the valve. What should I go with? In my experience with my Jeep, I couldn't get these valves off without collapsing the metal line because the side bolted on was seized. I think I tried in the past to undo the bolt on the air line in the car here and I couldn't get it to budge. I didn't want to damage this one so I just quit and RTV'd it. Should I try to work with it more, or should I just cut the line and get a new one with the hose ends on each side for simplicity's sake?
Original style: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...88637&jsn=3095
Hose end style: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...88637&jsn=3093
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