MidwestRam
Junior Member
I bought this truck a few days ago and was told coils where out which they where. I could tell out the gate that was one problem. I checked compression,PCM,Spark plug wires have correct power and fuel rail. The truck started it just had minimal power. I put on the new coils and plugs and it fired right up. The idle is fine and acceleration increased however in 2ndngear it bogs down. The cat gets extremely hot and you can see the exterior is burnt up. Not a big deal as I live in a state that doesn't do checks so I plan to gut it and reattach. Now,my problem is that the vaccum lines I can't figure them out. There is a T connection coming from passenger side. It runs down into the air intake which I believe is a aftermarket aluminum pipe. So I have that attached. The other end of it runs toward the throttle body and is a 90° rubber elbow. I can't figure out where it goes and I see no where to connect it. I broke the pcv valve at the engine oil location when I was on top of truck putting coils in. It idles about 1110 without it attached. When I press it to the broken area it revs down to around 800. I'm not concerned with it as I have a new one on the way and it's a quick easy cheap fix. I want to make sure I have all lines hooked correct before I gut the cat and reattach it. My thoughts on why cat went out on passenger side is due to the owner running 2 bad coils for 8 months. Then,the heat from the cat burned the remaining 2 on the passenger side so the truck only had 4 working cylinders when bought. Once again,not a big deal as I live in a non-emissiom checked state and will gut it. Attached are some photos.
The first 2 photos are at the T connection.
The 3rd photo is coming from,if looking at the T the left side of it. It runs down into another connection (pic 4) which runs into intake.
Pic 5 is the line coming from the right side of T connection toward the throttle I can figure out where to connect.
Pic 6 is just the pcv valve. The PCV valve does run to correct location and secure on that end.
Thank you for reading.
The first 2 photos are at the T connection.
The 3rd photo is coming from,if looking at the T the left side of it. It runs down into another connection (pic 4) which runs into intake.
Pic 5 is the line coming from the right side of T connection toward the throttle I can figure out where to connect.
Pic 6 is just the pcv valve. The PCV valve does run to correct location and secure on that end.
Thank you for reading.