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A little help identifying a vacuum hose

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DrDroopy:
I think I've found it, the part number is 1K0612041CJ  :thinking:

DrDroopy:
I got the part, but for the life of me I can't remove the end of the old pipe that sits on the block, it won't budge for toffee. It rotates in position, but won't come out, am I missing a trick here?

Clarkj93:

--- Quote from: DrDroopy on December 03, 2022, 03:17:13 pm ---I got the part, but for the life of me I can't remove the end of the old pipe that sits on the block, it won't budge for toffee. It rotates in position, but won't come out, am I missing a trick here?

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I had trouble as well and I think it does pull off but needs a surprising amount of force. I may have carefully used some pliers and a Stanley in the end but with surgeon precision to not damage the end it attaches to. Just be careful if you do get fed up and decide to take drastic action like I did. Disclaimer - not my fault if you f*ck it up :grin:

DrDroopy:
Thanks for the first hand experience  :happy2:

It's on there really well, I was pulling with one hand and levering with a screwdriver and it barely moved a couple of mm, I had to walk away from it three times as I feared brute force and ignorance were about to see things escalate.

Funny thing is I broke a plastic radiator hose connector while laying over the engine bay trying to get access, so the car is now stuck on the drive until a new one of those arrives any way, bloody thing!

pudding:
You need heat to pull those plastic hoses off the barbed fittings.

Top tip: trim off the cracked section, heat up the good section with a heat gun, slide it back onto the fitting. Job done  :happy2:  The cost of that whole hose from VW is unsurprisingly, very steep!

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