Thread: Suddenly leaking a lot of oil from air filter housing - Help!!!
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Old 06-14-2007, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by arew264 View Post
Personally, I would try to get that vacuum line off and get it cleaned, dried, and reinstalled, just to make sure.
OK...

What I haven't yet grasped and I need to understand is, if it were the vacuum line/vacuum pump causing the problem, how so? Would the vacuum line actually suck engine oil from the manifold intake into the air filter, is that so?
If not, how?
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