Vac line question

[cordoba175]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if there is a right way to remove the brake servo vacum line from the tandem pump on a 130 tdi?
The pipe has a hole in it from rubbing on another metal hose clip and where the line attaches to the tandem pump is loose and loosing vacuum...
Thanks.

 

[cheshire cat]

it's just push on and clipped the fitting on the pump itself often appears slack but is unlikely to come off,-- for some reason it's been pushed in and peened over at the factory you could always tighten it up with a SMALL hammer and punch if it makes you feel better

 

[cordoba175]

Cheers for the reply.
I have ordered a new vac line from seat which is why I was asking about getting the old one off, it's not seated right and has a huge gouge out of it..
So do I need to remove the pin before I can take the pipe off?
Sorry for asking but I don't want to damage the pump..

 

[cheshire cat]

sorry not sure about the pin-- for tight pipe either a spiral cut or pinch radially with pliers

 

[cordoba175]

Took the afternoon off yesterday and apart from removing the egr, the vac hose came of no problem. It definitely had a leak cause there no vac pressure left in the system after only 10 min of the engine being stopped.
The management light went out after 2 min of driving so hopefully that's the last I'll see of it for a while!!

 

[cheshire cat]

glad it's fixed and thanks for the feed back