Davebert, I thought something looked off about the photo you posted. Here is what the bottom port should look like.
To my eye it looks like the shop broke the solenoid and then tried to glue a regular vacuum tip onto it. I would take a close look at yours for signs of glue. You might be able to get your money back for that repair.
lol, another great post.
If the shop that botched this only knew their was some Mazda 5 engine solenoid nut out there blowing their cover.
