I have had the RRM hoses on for awhile and I popped my hood open and it seems that the vaccum hose that is by the throttle body(The short thick hose) seems to pinch shut in the middle. The hose before was shaped to fit that spot but the RRM hose seems to be to flemzy(sp?) that it likes to pinch at the arch. Anyone have any suggestions on this. Want to fix this becuase it isn't getting good airflow. From the looks of it everyone that has these hoses seems to be pinched there too from their pics.

 

if the hose youre talking about is the one i'm thinking about, you can just take it out and get a breather filter, but make sure you plug the end of the hose thats on (by?) the throttle body.

youre talking about the hose that comes out of the valve cover and goes to the tb, right?

 

no not that one... the one that bends right below the two small vaccum hoses...

 

i feel like a horses patute...

 

This one....

 

that happened to me too . . . i just put the regular hose back and left it like that . . .

 

Mine's like that too and so is nyclancer's. I don't see it being an issue really. Either cut a longer section, put a guide/sleeve around it to keep it from pinching or just leave it. It shouldn't change anything as far as the car's operation.

 

I may just put the regular back on.. I would of cut a longer piece but RRM didn't give me a long enough piece to work with.

 

ah man. i hope i dont get the same problem when i do it. you guys could probably call rrm and request a little longer piece of hose...maybe not

 

I think we need to get a thicker hose. If you look at the stock hose its nice n' thick. The silicone hose is thin n' soft.

 

ditto - - i think it looks better anyway with the formed hose on there rather than the pinched RRM hose or a longer piece of hose on the same spot - - - i would just keep the stock formed hose on there

 

I had the same problem, so I was running with the stock hose for a while, one day I decided to change colors on my hoses and when I got the new hose kit, I made sure to cut that particular hose long enough so it wouldn't pinch and it worked out good.


I suggest you get a longer piece for it and it should work just fine!

 

I left my stock ones and just put a red elect. tape on that thing...
...to match the color scheme.....

 

Is that your FPR hose or just a vac line? If it is the FPR I wouldnt want that pinched! If it is a vac line get some bigger hose so that it wont collapse on you.

 

I am having the same problem, with the hose pinching. for some reason some of the hoses that are coming from RRM in the hose kit just aren't long enough (the hose to go from my radiator to the radiator overflow was also cut to short). When I called RRM to ask what the deal was who ever I spoke to said, "oh that shouldn't be the case I cut those myself. I can check to see if i am using the right size, thanks for calling." So that is my two cents. I would very much like it if RRM would send a new section of this hose to everyone who has bought this kit, since they didn't supply us with enough hose in the first place, and at $26 a pop ( for just a few hoses mind you) I would think we would be given plenty and then some.