Air Pipe thingy Help???

1. AM4R Established Member Joined: Apr 2005 Edinburgh United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 2093 Honda Civic EK3/Astra Coupe

   #1 5th January 2007, 12:47

   I dont know what it is called but the pipe in the engine, that filters exhaust gases back into the engine has fallen off.
   
   Does anyone know what its called and where I can get one?
   Is anyone selling one?
   
   Its the pipe connecting the silver bit in the left corner to the black bit, lol. Very technical eh??
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   Cheers
2. chrisni1986 Established Member Joined: May 2005 Northern Ireland Posts: 1020 EVO 5, 306XLD

   #2 5th January 2007, 16:21

   leave it off, will prob go better without it tbh!
3. Richardson_VTS Established Member Joined: Mar 2006 Northallerton Posts: 1672 Mini Cooper S

   #3 5th January 2007, 16:37

   isn't that a vacuum pipe??
4. custom_vtr Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 656

   #4 5th January 2007, 16:53

   it runs fine with it off tbh
5. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

   #5 5th January 2007, 17:13

   it nothing to do with the exhaust gases, think its to direct hot air to the carb for starting up, with it just being single point injection mate
6. AM4R Established Member Joined: Apr 2005 Edinburgh United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 2093 Honda Civic EK3/Astra Coupe

   #6 5th January 2007, 19:20

   ah right, so is it definetly safe to leave it off?
7. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

   #7 5th January 2007, 19:32

   its there for a reason lol should be fine tho.
   
   i think its like the old carb engines. you had a summer setting and a winter setting, in the winter you would turn the big carb cover around so the bit your talking about would blow over the carb to stop it icing over in cold condidtions.
   not sure how it works on the saxo but looks like it surves the same purpose. just for the winter, as the cold air coming into/over the carb can freeze it and the fuel, in the winter the air going in is colder so the pipe gives it a bit of heat to stop it icing over
8. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

   #8 5th January 2007, 22:25

   your ok without it mate
   
   pritty much as boz says