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Thanks everyone for your responses. I did not give everyone the complete detail regarding what was going on as I want to first address the issues that are readily apparent, like both of these hoses.

What I am about to tell you is the things that "Stupid" are made of so no bashing....

I just got this car back about 5 months ago (I originally sold it in 2006) and have been in the middle of a crazy all hands on deck remodel. The SC has been under a cover for the most part. Last week I was finally able to clear out my garage and try to take care of the Alternator that just went out. While I was in there I back dated the heat and removed the A/C components from the engine bay. AND... lastly I was doing some clean up as it looks like the previous owners never cleaned the engine bay. I started off with wipes and a spray bottle of simple green. Then very carefully I used some degreaser and a soft spray of water to clean it all off.

No issues, I took the SC for a drive and it purred like a kitten, it ran perfectly. Of course, when I parked it all of the residual degreaser was smoking off the engine. So.... and this was the big mistake I decided rinse off the engine some more, with a bit more water... and that did it.... Rough running ever since.

I checked the following;

Checked for water in the spark plug recesses
Plugs - checked for fouling
Checked for water in the distributor cap
Checked ignition wire and coil connections

This all went down on Saturday and still not running smoothly.

I did run in up to temperature to try to burn off any water and I let the SC sit outside with the deck lid up and a fan blowing on it for hours.

I'm planning on taking it to my mechanic on Friday, I just don't want to get into troubleshooting the CIS pressures etc. I was hoping to find something more obvious.

I was able to get a new vaccum / ambient air line on the WUR and hook that up and it did cause SC to run slightly better, but not significantly. Fuel line is still attached, cracked as hell but not leaking. I will replace with factory line ASAP.

Does anyone have anymore suggestions?
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Rodney Nelson - '72 911T (Undergoing Full Resto), '82 SC (Grand Prix White) Gone for 20 yrs and now back, '86 951 (Guards Red) Caught Fire, '71 911T (Tangerine) Sold, '72 911E (Grand Prix White) Sold, '86 951 (Black) Sold, '79 SC (Grand Prix White) Sold, '71 911T (Irish Green) Sold
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