Q: engine or air problems

asked by on June 14, 2016

I recently took off this sphere looking part and this black part it was square on top and had a tube going to my air pump and it had wires I was being stupid I hooked the tubes back but not the parts now when I start my car it idles really low but them goes back to normal and when I put it in gear it sometimes shuts off I would replace the parts but I don't know what they are called and no longer have them to vertify what they are please I need help

My car has 135000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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