Removing a Brake Booster Vacuum Hose

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: Replace an EGR Valve

Connecting a Power Booster Brake...

Connecting an EGR Valve to an En...

Prepping a Mounting Gasket Surfa...

Tools for Replacing EGR Valves

Unhooking an EGR Valve

Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: How to remove your brake booster vacuum hose. Learn how to remove and reconnect exhaust gas recirculation valves in this free car maintenance video.

Views: 820 | Tags: gas, cars, valves, emissions, vehicles, exhaust, engines, gasoline, recirculation, egr

Get the latest Flash player.

Email Video Add to Favorites

About the Expert

Nathan McCullough Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal. McCullough has managed several automotiv... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

Comments
(0 comments)
Questions & Answers
(0 questions) (0 answers)

Be the first to comment on this video.

Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!

Ask A Question

You must sign in to perform that task.

Log In Now!
Don't have an account? Click here to sign up for FREE!

Sign Up Now!
Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Email Address:

Password:

Confirm Password:

Screen Name:

I would like to receive the Expert Village Video of the Day

Date of Birth:

Gender: Male Female

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Enter the letters you see below

What's This?

I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.

Video Transcript

Removing a Brake Booster Vacuum Hose

In this clip we're going to talk about the proper way to remove and replace the EGR, or Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valve, on a 1997 Ford F150. In this step we're going to talk about removal of the brake booster vacuum hose in order to gain access to the EGR valve. As you can see, the brake booster hose plugs in to the brake booster here and runs down this way and right up to a bracket. This bracket is sandwiched between the EGR mounting nut and another nut that holds the bracket on. In order to service the valve, we got to get that guy out of the way. What I'm going to do is unplug the vacuum booster here and remove the nut and fold it out of the way. Your vacuum booster hose is going to wiggle out just like that. It has a grommet in the booster and ribs right here. There are no faceters for these. You just grab a hold of it, and be gentle, but you have to be firm and work it out of the hole. As you can see it's ribbed there. That's what generates your seal, and you heard a small "pssss" when I unplugged it. That is the vacuum from the engine. I have a ten millimeter deep well socket, a squivel socked, an extension and my 3/8 socket wrench here. I'm going to put it on the mounting nut and get the bracket out of the way. Once you have it finger tight you can go ahead and unscrew it by hand. Always when you're working on an engine, if it's possible, break the nuts loose and take them off by hand. That way you'll avoid the nut falling out of the socket and hiding in your engine. As you can see like that. Once you have the mounting nut off, slide the bracket off the stud and fold it out of the way in order to gain access to the mounting bolts on your EGR valve. That is the proper method for removing the brake booster hose from the booster and the mounting bracket from the EGR valve.