missing hose?

[GreenKryptonite]

i was informed i may have a vacuum leak, so i searched for missing hoses first. And i may have found one. Between the fire wall and the back of the engine, right below the valve cover there is a brass type metal n shape with 1 hose going to the passenger side of it. The driver side is open. I found no loose hoses and have no clue what it goes to. Nothing in the fsm, only thing close is the egr. is this supposed to be missing a hose?

[navysnail]

feel it while the engine is runing, is it pulling vaccum? if so, then you have found your leak

[GreenKryptonite]

hmm positive pressure... but wtf is it ..... its wierd.looks like a hose comes from down by the transmission. comes up and connects to a metal n . and the driver side is just open.....

95 nissan 240sx automatic SEcold air

[navysnail]

hmmm, positive pressure, that means its either blowby or exhaust, those are the only 2 things that are under positive pressure that i can think of off hand right now... is the air coming out of it warm?

im gona go look at the fsm, but i doubt it will have anything due to the fact that its a different engine, do you think you could snap a pic?

[GreenKryptonite]

a picture would help but due to the angle it would near impossible. but i think i found out what it is. the hose seems to come from the a/t and maybe a pressure release or an exhaust for the transmission.

[navysnail]

hmmm, i have never heard anything about positive pressure being vented constantly from an A/T, but automatics arnt my strong point either... im gona look some stuff up real quick on that, the a/t section in the FSM is huge so it may be a little bit