i heard a hissing coming from the engine bay when tinkering with the engine running and managed to trace ot back to this hose, it has collapsed and has a small hole that when plugged the hissing stops but still collapsed. does anyone know what hose it is so i can get a replacement.

also if known what problems/symptoms would the car have with this collapsed & punctured hose

the green line indicates how far along(left to right) the hose goes until it connects to a small plastic tube but cant see it very well because of the manifold.

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Cheers,

Andy

If you are referring to the hose behind the manifold then it is the PCV (positive crankshaft ventilation) tubing. There is a valve attached to the far right tubing. It should be under £20 to replace these parts from ford.

cant find any pcv hoses that look like the on in it currently. they all also look too long ?

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cant find any pcv hoses that look like the on in it currently. they all also look too long ?
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pcv should be available from ford you cant find many anywhere else

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pcv should be available from ford you cant find many anywhere else
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yeah ive discovered that. pia so it is not even on ebay