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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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Hahaha sorry about that. Its been covered so many times before i thought everyone on here with 600+ posts knew that. I apologize.
 
Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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Lol it's ok! can I ask another ? Diameter of the hose I am going to need? Thanks
 
Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Most of those are 1/8 inch vacuum line. The wastegate actuator hoses are a bit larger on some engines, but you can usually squeeze the 1/8 lines on if you put some bedroom butter on there. Personally, if your engine has a lot of miles i would just buy an entire vacuum repair kit that comes with several different size lines and replace everything under the hood if it has more than 100k on the odometer. Its always just a matter of time before the break anyways.
 

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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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Oh yeah and i have seen kits for audis that come with 4, 6, and 8 mm hoses that pretty much covers the entire engine, which is all you should need.
 
Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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No one had any kits not even my dealer Don't want to wait to order one off line so after stopping at 2 places I've come up w/ what should be enough 1/4 fuel line to replace it all. Thanks again for your help I will be installing tomorrow.
 
Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:00 AM
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1/4 inch?
 
Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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yeah i posted a blooper earlier, most of the vacuum line is closer to 4mm or 1/8 inch just about. 1/4 inch is around 6mm which is too big for what he's doing.
 
Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by auditech79
yeah i posted a blooper earlier, most of the vacuum line is closer to 4mm or 1/8 inch just about. 1/4 inch is around 6mm which is too big for what he's doing.
Seriously? lol... wonder if I can return this hose and get 1/8... So is there any that 1/4 would work? I had to buy this from 2 different places!
 
Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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Oh yeah, you have 6mm line on that engine. Its going to be larger vacuum line towards the back of the engine or most of the evap lines in the engine bay are about that size.
The good news is 1/8 vacuum line is so common (and cheap) you can find it anywhere and buy it by the foot. 10ft is usually a couple bucks.
 
Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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Ok so I need roughly 10 ft of 1/8 line?
Cuz i was told and bought 15 ft of 1/4 which cost me roughly $20 bucks
 



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