Good afternoon all,
In the pic below the pipe indicated has a big gouge out of it, it has been rubbing against the flywheel i think,
could any of you kind people tell me what this pipe is and if it is important to replace imediately, will it have an effect.
(for info: the pipe joins to a hard pipe on the side of the plenum which goes round the back.
Regards
Nick
I have that same pipe broken too, except mine has snapped off at the airbox. Seeing as it goes straight to atmosphere via your air filter anyway, I dont think you should panic.
By the way, you can hear your dump valves because of that cone filter you have.
Cheers mate,
still curious what it does though ??
Nick:confused:
I think that is the reurn flow pipe it just ( as name suggests) returns unused air from intake back in ot the air filter and back into the engine...
but hey I am no expert... if the car makes a kind of roaring sound when you step on the gas and release like a brk almosty then it is the return pipe
( probably got the wrong pipe could do with a confirmation on this)
It\'s got something to do with the air pump. Mine was blocked off and my air pump disconnected so I re-connected the air pump and found that this pipe was venting on the over-run, as the air pump clutch switched it on and off.
Wrap some insulating tape round it and you should be okay. It is something to do with the air pump return..