I bought some new vacuum lines cuz of suspicion of leaks in all of my old ones. But, the line that I bought is biggger(I shoulda checked before I drove away, I know) It still is a little bit of friction, but not much. does it have to fit tightly? will the vacuum hold it on there? does it shrink? help, I've got a non functional truck in a buddies driveway right now! RTV silicone?

 

You can try to zip-tie the hoses on the nipples untill you can replace them.

 

cant you take it back?? or for the price just buy the right stuff???

always take in a peice and make sure it lines up next time!!!!

good luck dont mess them up with rtv

 

yeah, no rtv, if you dont have the reciept, wherever you bought em should exchange them for you, it is sunday, so some places might not be open.
im going through the same bs with my fuel lines right now so i know what your going through

 

normally they cut the lines for you 1/2 pr 3/8 for fuel so they wont return it but just keep it cause you will use it sometime!

 

Yeah they had bundles of it in the back, guy just told me i needed this size, so i believed him, wrong size, said i could exchange it for the right size.

 

problem solved, apparently it's heat shrink stuff. oookkkaaaayyyyy..... we'll see, it's only 50 cent/foot so it's not a big investment. thanks for the warning against rtv, it was my next step.

 

I had the same problem with brake lines today (nobody being open). They should have one 24/7 auto part stores in every 30 mile square.

 

well autozone is open, but they are outta the 3/16th's line for EFI that i need, go figure