what are these two lines for and will the rust thats formed break through anytime soon? thanks

 

looks like a coolant line, and it looks like it's just surface rust where the coolant spilt on it and has corroded, you should be fine (one's a vacuum and the other is a coolant to the manifold)

 

yes those are coolent lines and no the rust wont break through any time soon so you are good

 

Hmmm, one of them is breather pipe/tube/hose whatever you call it And yes, no worries about rust, 20 more years to go

 

thanks guys, i should be able to wire brush the rust off so its more appealing with no worries right?

 

steel wool it will shine it up

 

the top one is a vacume hose, the bottom is coolent... and yes it will eventually leak, happened to me. bitch srayed everywhere and the hold was only the size of a pin. just replace it wil a rubber tube then all is good

 

Take what this man says to heart. And by spray he means like a fire hose out of control. It got everywhere in my engine bay. I just used a peice of hose from auto zone.

 

Guys, he's just has light surface rust, many years to go. Don't scare him to death, please

 

I only had slight surface rust. That real problem was on the inside of the tubing. You see sometime when the make those parts not every part gets exactly the same treatment. Some end up with less coating on the inside. The coating keeps them from corroding.

Well guess what happens if the surface wears from the inside out? Give up? O.K. It will look fine from the outside, but end up breaking a tiny hole through the tube and you get fluid sprayed everywhere.

So I am not trying to, as you put it, "Scare him to death". I am trying to help him be suggesting that he make a $2 repair that will take ten minutes tops. Rather than have him possiably end up having five hours of engine cleaning to do. See my point?