Airflow Inspection
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Mazda CX-3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the vacuum hose. (Refer to INTAKE-AIR SYSTEM REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
- Blow air into the vacuum hose using your mouth from the vacuum pump side and verify that the air flows to the intake manifold side, then blow air from the intake manifold side and verify that the air does not flow to the vacuum pump side.
- If there is any malfunction in the check valve, replace it with the vacuum hose as a single unit. (Refer to INTAKE-AIR SYSTEM REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)