SVX can't climb hills

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Originally Posted by gwynethh

So you have an existing broken connector for a vac hose of unknown service. Should this be eliminated as a (very unlikely) cause before digging into the cats/o2 sensors? Agree it doesn't seem likely but it is a defect staring you in the face that can be struck off the list rather easily.

I would love to, but I'm not even sure what that hose goes to. The general idea so far is that it connects to the purge solenoid. On top of that though, there's nothing I can do about it right now since I can't see any way of replacing that without the manifold coming off, which won't be until I get her home.

So the best I can do right now is seal the vacuum leak