What is this part?

I have a 2003 Sportsman 500 HO. The last time I ran it I noticed there was fuel draining from a plastic tube hanging down more or less under the gas tank. I shut it down and removed the bodywork to check. I didn’t find the tube hanging down but instead found this tubingAttachment 26096 assembly, unattached to anything, laying on the PVT cover on the left side of the engine area. I can’t find it in any of my manuals (Factory, Clymer’s and Haynes). There are two plastic tubes, about 3/16 inch diameter, the long one is about 12 inches long and the short one is about 1.25 inches long. Between is a filter?? that says VAC on one side. What is this thing and what do I attach it to? Thanks. TimFiish

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What is this part?

I have a 2003 Sportsman 500 HO. The last time I ran it I noticed there was fuel draining from a plastic tube hanging down more or less under the gas tank. I shut it down and removed the bodywork to check. I didn’t find the tube hanging down but instead found this tubingAttachment 26096 assembly, unattached to anything, laying on the PVT cover on the left side of the engine area. I can’t find it in any of my manuals (Factory, Clymer’s and Haynes). There are two plastic tubes, about 3/16 inch diameter, the long one is about 12 inches long and the short one is about 1.25 inches long. Between is a filter?? that says VAC on one side. What is this thing and what do I attach it to? Thanks. TimFiish

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Name:	spare part.jpg
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Size:	2.07 MB
ID:	26096