This issue came about because of myself. I went to remove my air filter to clean it. I have a K&N high performance air filter and it only needs to be replaced at something like 1,000,000 miles but does need to be cleaned at 100,000. Well, my car is 7 years old with only 55,000 miles on it. I noticed my gas mileage had dipped in recent months. I finally had the time to clean it.
The outcome of that was that I ended up breaking a “T-Junction”. This particular part is necessary (as they all are…) for cooling the turbo. The bottom section of the part goes to the turbo. The T-Junction is where it connects to the coolant reservoir (on the left).. This part is brittle and there are many forum posts where these broke without outside force. I just accelerated the inevitable.
So, I ordered a new part. The part came with all new hoses attached to a new T-Junction. Probably a good thing. Removal of just the T-Junction would be more difficult that it’s worth. Replacing the entire part was much better and easier.
Let’s install the new part…
Today, I finally figured out a fix to my broken vacuum line. The dealer recommended this (and I had thought of this prior, but thought a new part would be better…) fix and I was able to execute the fix…
After many issues, most attributed to me and my klutzy-ness…. Everything thing is fixed. I took it on a small ride and there was no loss of power. The rubber tubing was so tight to get it on, I doubt the vacuum of this line will be enough to blow the tubing off and render the car (basically) powerless..
So, yay me! I can fix things. I just need to try to be more careful, though I felt like I was taking precautions in trying not to break anything further…