I was wiping a little overspilled oil off my driver's side valve cover (1998.5 2.8L 30V V6)when I snapped a tiny black plastic hose/line than runs to a small blue plastic tank that is blue and looks like two tennis balls stacked on top of each other. This tank is located on the driver's side tucked down below the coolant reservoir and washer fluid reservoir.

I started my Avant up and it seemed to run fine, no CEL.

So, what the hell did I break and is it important? Can I just cap this line off at each broken end or should I splice a new piece in somehow?

Thanks!

Great.

I hope I can rig something up to fix this.

Any suggestions?

just replace the part you broke and it should work fine again. I know what that is because I had a leaking hose before:)

It looks like two blue balls (ahem, cough) that have been joined together. I think it is different from the washer fluid reservoir.

Ben

It looks like two Blue Balls stuck together.

secondary air and IMT solenoids when the throttle is opened and vacuum in the intake manifold drops. If the line is broken, it IS a vacuum leak and will eventually cause problems. Simply replace it.

Some confusion might've been caused because you said it is simply "blue". Well, I think people assumed you (and I) meant that the blue comes from the color of the fluid inside. Let me just clarify: the actual container is blue plastic. I'm not sure what the liquid inside looks like, and I'm not even sure there is liquid inside.

Pay attention to what CTA4AVANT did, and don't let blue balls get to you and your car! :)

Ben

;-P Listen to rickw!

The two blue balls on top of each other below the washer fluid resevoir. You can get a better look at it under the front drivers side of the car. The washer fluid pump is attached to those blue balls(as stated before I replaced it once). Yes I know it is not the actual washer resevoir, but it is part of the system.