I might try to untwist it, but I am not hopeful.

 

You need to cut the bad section out, leaving as much length as possible - then join the two good ends together. It's probably just twisted in one spot. Cut that insulation back and give us a photo.

 

If I can get my parents to watch my son I might hit up the junk yard on Saturday morning to see if I can get a whole new tube. I will snag a pic when I get home.

 

The problem is not in finding one - its getting the fitting loose from the driver's side exhaust manifold. (If you thought the intake end was difficult to deal with - get ready for some real issues). There is no room to work with a wrench, even if you could break that fitting loose if you had room to swing it. Same thing on your vehicle to replace it. Best you could hope for at a junkyard is to take the driver's exhaust manifold with the tube attached but it ain't gonna be easy. That's why I said repair it if you can. good luck

 

So it isn't as bad as I thought. I will play around with it maybe this weekend but it is supposed to be a rainy snowy mess here for the next week and a half, so it might have to wait a while. I guess I will see.

 

I forgot it was a corrugated tube. The compression fitting isn't going to work on that.

 

now im really curious as to how you managed that.

 

The fitting on the end is fused to the tube so it didn't spin. However, I didn't notice it when it was turning because it twisted really easily. Lesson learned i guess.

 

Easy to do if you're not anticipating a problem.

 

Well, a little time with a pair of channel locks and a pair of vice grips I think it is serviceable. The one picture makes it look bad but it should be fairly open, just a little more square than before. I also messed with the end for a while and got it to break loose. So once I put it back on I will use some mechanic's wire to hold the covering on it on for now.




Also, looks like I may have gotten lucky