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1998 S70 GLT - What is this cylinder under the battery tray?

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ashyu
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Year and Model: 1998 S70 GLT
Location: Canada

Post by ashyu »

I had pulled out the battery tray today while replacing the starter, and I noticed this cylinder underneath it with an unnatural looking hole at the bottom corner. I was wondering if someone might be able to tell me what it is and if it is important to replace?

I haven't seen any check engine lights come on recently (although a while back I did have a small evap leak code, which I had reset and tried resetting the gas cap; but am still waiting for the car to go through its drive cycles).
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Post by erikv11 »

That is the vacuum pump for the cruise control. Presumably the cruise doesn't work on this car?
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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