Thread: Where does this hose go, what does it do?
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Old 01-03-2001, 08:52 PM
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That hose is supposed to be plastic...It goes down to the fuel pressure regulator. Its purpose is to give fuel a place to go in the event the regulator diaphram fails. If so, the fuel will go into the crankcase and not on the ground or worse a hot exhaust manifold.
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