Originally Posted by 911monty (Post 632915)

That is your dipstick tube. It will need to be replaced. The wire is the dipstick.

Just an FYI; Now the oil fill tube, the bank 2 vent line to the bottom connection of the AOS and all the small vacuum lines for the SAI system are at risk.

Originally Posted by AXCM2 (Post 632916)

Well that is disappointing. Can you say a little bit more about why all those things are all at risk? What are they at risk of?

Originally Posted by 911monty (Post 632917)

Since they are apparently the same vintage pieces, they are hard and subject to breakage like the dipstick tube if subjected to movement and are all in the same approximate location where you will be working.

Originally Posted by AXCM2 (Post 632918)

That's good to know! I'll have to be careful. Thank you for the quick reply and the information, I really appreciate it.

Originally Posted by AXCM2 (Post 632914)

I am currently replacing the AOS, which, by the way, is a pain. There is nothing "difficult" about this job (I have experience doing almost all maintenance on previous cars), but that bottom hose is a huge pain to get off the canister, and I can actually get my hands on it.



Onto the broken line: I noticed that the line, which appears to have some sort of wire in it, is broken. I'm sure someone here knows what this line is, and whether I have just added cost and time to my AOS replacement. I've put red arrows pointing to the line below. Just so everyone is oriented, this is taken from the passenger side rear of the engine bay, with the AOS visible on the right side of these photos.



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Originally Posted by Gilles (Post 632920)

Hello AXCM2, I know that you are trying to keep the cost down, but I believe that what 911monty is trying to say is that since you are going to be replacing the AOS you may want to consider replacing the other plastic hoses as well, specially since you would be having access to most of them, specially the accordion hose that is made of kind of fragile plastic that is now 20+ years old..
Good Luck with your project!

Originally Posted by ike84 (Post 632921)

In terms of the "other things at risk" one main reason things like fails is because of bad motor mounts. The setup in this car is unique, one mount in front of the engine and two on the tranny. Bad mounts = increased engine vibrations = increased stress on components that bridge the motor and the rest of the car.

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Originally Posted by AXCM2 (Post 632952)

So one thing that isn’t clear to me is that when replacing the dipstick tube, is the one end a press fit? Not the end that is in the trunk, but the end that is towards the engine. It seems like it’s just a rubber press fitting, but I don’t want to pull it out hard and break something.

Originally Posted by AXCM2 (Post 632952)

So one thing that isn’t clear to me is that when replacing the dipstick tube, is the one end a press fit? Not the end that is in the trunk, but the end that is towards the engine. It seems like it’s just a rubber press fitting, but I don’t want to pull it out hard and break something.