All,
I have a 2000 S that came to me with the early version PSE (Sebring Pipes at the back). I was under the car for other reasons last weekend and by sheer dumb luck, noticed a small problem with the PSE. The vacuum line that operates the PSE valve on the driver's side melted some time in the past and is no longer attached to the valve. Without any vacuum, I assume that side is completely non functional.
Here's a pix of the pass side for reference. You can see the small diameter black vacuum line is attached to the larger diameter vacuum line coming from the valve.
So the question is not so much how did that vacuum line melt, but more importantly, where does the vacuum line go when it passes through the heat shielding?
I wanted to by-pass the vacuum valves entirely by using large size hose clamps to just lock the valves in the open position. After doin this and starting the car, I immediately noticed a nasty metallic rattle sound coming from the exhaust that was not there before using those clamps, so off they came.
Here's a picture:
For those that have the valves open all the time, how'd you do that?
TIA,
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