One morning my 1989 Ford ranger wouldn't start easily, I had to turn the engine over for a long time while holding the pedal down, and eventually the engine would start while exhibiting erratic rpm. I noticed that a small hose that comes of the bottom of a fitting (the one that has the break booster hose coming out of it) that screws into the right-hand side of the intake seems to have been chewed off, there was a little gasoline dropping out of it. However, I can't seem to see where the hose could have been connected; where does this hose go? The hose in question is the one that I stuck a toothpick into as can be seen from the picture.
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Maybe the toothpick stuck in rubber(?) is a dry rot hole from a disintegrating plug? Or the toothpick shows a broken hose going somewhere that can't be seen in one snapshot. Vacuum routing diagram may be found on Ford forums, free online service manuals, just answer.com, etc. If you can plug the vacuum leak where the toothpick is, will the engine startup immediately? The vacuum leak is allowing air into the intake that's leaning out the fuel/air mixture and the reason for hard starting. If plugging that leak doesn't let the engine startup, then you'll need to search for the missing or broken hose that's supposed to connect to the vacuum tap.
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