joedr3dd

Hello

I have a loose black tube coming from right side of engine bay (UK) car

Not sure what it is and where it goes any ideas

Took a pic, but its not a good pic, doesnt seem to affect car idling etc

Dave928S

Take off the air tube on that side and see where the tube goes. It looks a bit like the remains of the type of rigid nylon tube used for the headlight adjustment system???

What year is your car? ... looks like an early 80's

joedr3dd

Hi the year is an 86.5, will take airhose off on wkend and have a look, it looks like it goes into the side of the wing (Fender)

steve322s

it's a vac hose, if you remove the tube to the air filter chances are you will see where it connects. probably goes to the T coming off the the booster or to the vac bootle in the fender

PHIL928

not an 86.5 intake

9two8

Possibly a vacuum line that connects from distributor vac unit ?

Ken
80 928 S
5 Speed

UK

PorKen

Technically, it's a '86 ROW. All ROW in '86, 16V/S2 or 32V/S3, have big brakes, dual exhaust etc.

joedr3dd

Cheers so far guys mines a 16V S2, so which one is it

9two8

Where does the other end of the pipe go to ?? ie, the end you can,t see in the picture ? if you can tell us that, we might have an idea., It must locate somewhere

Ken
80 928 S
5 Speed

UK

IcemanG17

its a vac line for sure.....I would chase the other end and see where it goes or disappears too....it should cause a vac leak, since it clearly attached to something around the throttle body.....

the vac lines do lots of stuff.....if the car is an automatic, I'd guess its the line to the trans....

joedr3dd

Took another pic with the intake tube off, hard to see really but it goes under some lines, the line is not long enought to reach many areas, but checked and cant see anywhere it would go?

joedr3dd

see pics

joedr3dd

any ideas? forgot to say in previous posts mines a auto as well

9two8

..., repeat.., follow the pipe back to where it,s opposite end is attached, that,s the only way to find out what it is ?

Still think it,s one of two vacuum pipes that attach to the distributor vacuum cannister, the top vac pipe attaches to the front of the throttle body, have a look there, there should be I think, a small squarish shaped piece on the front of the throttle body with two vacuum nipples/outlets, see if there are two vac pipes attached to these...,. Or as I think one will be without vac pipe on it, and that,s the bit you have showing in the pic.... ?

Ken
80 928 S
5 Speed

UK

Dave928S

You need to follow that pipe to its origin, which may mean taking off a wheel well liner, or something else, to determine what it connects to ... and then we can tell you where the other end is supposed to go. Follow it along by pushing and pulling on it to see where it goes to next, to find the end connection point.

Without that information we're all just guessing.