I am killing myself trying to find the third nipple, there are three vacuum lines off the intake, one goes to the left side of the engine bay, one goes to the oil filter cap and one disappears under the UIM, I realized I had a vacuum leak, I followed that line and found it hooked to nothing. Now I'm attempting to find the nipple it connects to. I've tried to find pictures, of which I found few, I've seen the vacuum diagram, I've spent a few hours with a flashlight and a mirror and am no closer than when I started, could I beg of the community some "so simple a kindergartner could follow them" pictures as to is whereabouts, my hands and sanity would thank you

Much appreciation ahead of time
TLP

 

There are two, technically, that run to the "left side of the engine bay".

I know you said you looked at this diagram already but I'm posting it anyway just to make sure we're all looking at the same thing.



Its been my experience that removing the battery/battery tray allowed greater access to the area where they hook up.

 

So I think (and take this for what you will since I've never seen the engine bay in its stock trim, it had a k&n v2 when I got it) that the one I am looking for is the one that connects to the oil metering pump thing. The vacuum hose itself goes under the throttle body, under the uim and ends.... somewhere

Thank you by the way for the response

 

I did it, looked up pictures of the metering oil nozzles, found the bolts right above it, stuck a magnet top the bolt to give my hand a waypoint when I reached I'm from the other side, reached in, got to the magnet, from there I knew the relative location of the nipple, had to dig through other hoses and wires in that birds nest above it and sure enough there it was, ugh once you figure out the easy way to do it, its always embarrassing thinking of every way you tried it before. Thanks for the help rickeo

 

Haha i'm not sure I helped but i'm happy you figured it out.

 

Well is plugged now, doesn't seem to be as much smoke but it's still dying, won't idle, but I'm thinking that may be the ecu needing to relearn more that there isn't a massive vacuum leak, disconnecting the battery and resetting everything so in a little bit go reconnect it and hopefully let it idle for 10-15 min and set all the appropriate ratios