A mouse ate my 944S2 vacuum line -- Please Help
 

Help!

A mouse ate through a small solid hose next to the battery in my 1989 944S2. There is a kind of reservoir (black can) next to the battery, and a flexible piece of hose comes from it. Inserted into that hose is a VERY thin piece of plastic tubing that goes past the battery and plugs into a larger flexible hose to the engine.

I have no idea what this hose is for, but the mouse ate the solid and thin piece! Is there anything in this thin hose other than a center hole? I need to replace it. At present the thin, hard piece is chewed off and seems to be sealed, so the engine runs fine. but, there must be a small leak in it somewhere. What is this small plastic tubing called and is there a part number?

What is this vacuum reservoir part of and why is it here?

P.S. I also lost my right low beam headlight. There is no current to the yellow wire at the headlamp. The mouse must have gotten a cable somewhere (the ground is also gone on the right headlight). Any clues where to look? I took off the engine covers and searched around the front of the car, but saw no obvious mouse damage. The ground is easy, but can I run a new yellow wire from the fuse box???

Darn Mouse!










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i'de say buy yourself a cat !!
just make sure it ain't a sleep somewhere on a wheel before your drive off...

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:D

i'de say buy yourself a cat !!



I don't need a Jaguar -- I've got 2 Porsches!

But, I do need a vacuum line.

Where is the battery on your S2 because mine is at the back of the car...

Maybe you could post a pic for reliable diagnosis...

My 89 944S2 has the battery near the passenger side firewall -- next to the engine.

Yup! It was a mouse alright.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1070475852.jpg

Finally that criminal is caught!

...............Get some justice Darkskies or maybe just mail him to Midwestshooter and let him do it!

May be the vacuum reseviour. Does the canister have a domed top and mounts on the firewall? If so the tube eventually ties into the brake booster. On the booster there is a small valve with a plastic tube connected. See if that tube matches.


For every mouse you kill there are a dozen waiting to take it's place!!
Sman

Ouch,another guy lost the speedometer hammster... :D

"Hey there, Hi there, Ho there,
you're as welcome as can be!
Now's the time to say goodbye to all your vacuum lines...
F-U-C-K-I-N´ M-O-U-S-E!... F-U-C... (See ya real soon!)
K-E-Y... (Why? Because we love you!)
M-O-U-S-E..."

That would explain why my ABS light has been comming on from time to time.

But--why the short piece of hard platic tubing? Is it to keep the battery acid from destroying the hose??? Whatever, the mouse loved it!

I bought 10 traps today! And a box of mothballs.

Dick

Please keep us informed about the hunting.Wilk has some nuke heads if you need them.

Plastic is less prone to oil ruining it or collapsing. Where in Iowa are you? I am in WDM.... Sman

I walked straight into that one didn't I...

Just outside Iowa City--in the woods.

Dick

Aye! :)