Hauntingly familar secondary failure #3 - Page 6 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Paul Workman · 01-23-2014

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Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

pre 380 she was a Dirty Girl

Yeah... I guess so! But, nuttin like opening a hole in da coolant jacket to clean dem chambers right up, you betcha! (Don't ask!

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And kidding aside, that is how my intake valves looked before pulling the SPTs... Just to beat that dead horse a few more licks. LOL!

HAWAIIZR-1 · 01-27-2014

Well, now I have another good reason to pull out the secondaries. I will wait until I get back to Hawaii, but I have been reading over the years about the pros and cons. I just figured like Marc said it not giving you problems then one could keep the system. Today while I was doing some final checks I saw the vacuum line snapped that goes past the oil filter to the vacuum pump. Not sure how long it was busted since I don't drive the car much and while not a big issue, I think I do finally want to yank all that garbage out and forgo the issues. It has been one thing or another over the years related to the vacuum system for the secondaries. I really wish I pulled them when I did the heads a few years ago. Oh well, thanks for all the information related to the issue to help me make a decision.

Tomorrow is my quest to find some hard plastic hose here in Japan to replace the broken line until I can get the car shipped back home in a few weeks. So far no luck and will try a large auto parts place and several home improvement on the way home from work.

LGAFF · 01-27-2014

Can you not get a section of rubber tubing to use as a connector and fix it that way?

HAWAIIZR-1 · 01-27-2014

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Originally Posted by LGAFF

Can you not get a section of rubber tubing to use as a connector and fix it that way?

Hello Lee,

Thanks for your thoughts and I do have some rubber tubing that I can use to repair as last resort until I can find the proper hard plastic tubing. It busted about right around the oil filter area near the rubber connected coming out from under the plenum. In fact, it busted before and I was able to take up slack to repair it the first time. I guess the hose is getting very brittle to just snap like that. I would have to imagine they sell that kind of tubing around here and I'll find out today.

01-27-2014	#52
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,582	Re: Hauntingly familar secondary failure #3 Well, now I have another good reason to pull out the secondaries. I will wait until I get back to Hawaii, but I have been reading over the years about the pros and cons. I just figured like Marc said it not giving you problems then one could keep the system. Today while I was doing some final checks I saw the vacuum line snapped that goes past the oil filter to the vacuum pump. Not sure how long it was busted since I don't drive the car much and while not a big issue, I think I do finally want to yank all that garbage out and forgo the issues. It has been one thing or another over the years related to the vacuum system for the secondaries. I really wish I pulled them when I did the heads a few years ago. Oh well, thanks for all the information related to the issue to help me make a decision. Tomorrow is my quest to find some hard plastic hose here in Japan to replace the broken line until I can get the car shipped back home in a few weeks. So far no luck and will try a large auto parts place and several home improvement on the way home from work. __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048 Last edited by HAWAIIZR-1; 01-27-2014 at 02:20 AM.

01-27-2014	#53
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: Hauntingly familar secondary failure #3 Can you not get a section of rubber tubing to use as a connector and fix it that way? __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359