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Originally posted by Douglas Broome
Whaile you are at all this, I strongly suggest putting two small air/vacuum filters into the system under the hood. these will fill with engine oil if you get a leak at the vacuum pump or the shutoff device, thus saving you Big Bucks replacing all the rubber and cleaning out the tubes. Not to mention the ignition switch! There were articles in Star several years back about these filters. I installed them accordingly, and within two weeks one filed indicating pump failure. Two weeks later the other filled, indicating shuoff device failure. I was very, very lucky to have caught the failures this way before the oil fouled everything.
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Douglas,
I know that the vacuum pump can fail and throw oil. But I didn't know that the shutoff device can also throw out oil if it fails. If that is the case then I would need to place a vacuum filter on the main vacuum line just before the vacuum lines split off into the passenger compartment. The other filter will have to be installed just before the shutoff line for the engine. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks for the advice.