Plastic Vacuum lines diagram needed?

Tiny
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  • 2001 BUICK CENTURY
  • 3.1L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 180,000 MILES
Okay, I had this problem with it over heating and so far, I have changed the radiator, water pump, thermostat, flushed the heater core, only to find out my intake manifold was cracked. So, I changed the manifold and gaskets etc. Now I have stumbled across a vacuum line coming from somewhere on the passenger side running to the back side of the motor and it is broken on one end not connected on the other. Can you help with a diagram for the vacuum lines please?
Thursday, March 20th, 2025 AT 9:48 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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I can tell you where it goes if you upload an image. In the meantime, here is the vacuum line diagrams so you can see how the line are supposed to go. Check out the images (below).
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Friday, March 21st, 2025 AT 11:57 AM
Tiny
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Okay, my jumbled chaos of a car does not appear to be right even remotely according to this. It all started with a random temperature gauge spike and the heater quick working car started to overheat my wife started playing with the defrost/heat/vent/ac/bi-level switch and weirdly heat started to blow and the temp gauge went down no more problems for about 10,000 miles then it started again same scenario heat stop blowing warm air and cat overheat. Play with the switch and hit and miss sometimes it works sometimes it don't then that stopped, and it just overheats bad now. Well I changed the thermostat, water pump, noticed a crack in the plastic of the radiator on driver side below the hose so changed the radiator, the engine coolant temp sensor, intake manifold gaskets noticed the intake manifold was cracked so replaced it, now it don't read hot and the heat started working but boy dose it overheat and build mad pressure so I hallowed out the catalytic converter and that helped a little but I will occasionally see damp spot in passenger floorboard but not often and get that smell so heater core is next. But on those vacuum lines they don't connect like that I'll upload a diagram of what is actually there in the car connected and add pictures. I appreciate any help and advice.
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Monday, March 24th, 2025 AT 1:24 PM
Tiny
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Okay, this is a better diagram of what's going on there but if you noticed the vacuum that says transmission and the one that says accessory are not hooked up to anything.
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Monday, March 24th, 2025 AT 1:31 PM
Tiny
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From what I can see, I don't think there is vacuum going to the transmission. Please start a new thread for the other problems. This is for a vacuum line issue.
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 AT 10:57 AM

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