Club 80-90 Forums

Hi,

Was changing the oil today on my van today ( which I failed to do due to a previous owner cross threading then rounding off te sump plug) And i noticed

this pipe


was broken as you can see and looked it was attached to here



and the air intake.

My question is what is this pipe for ? What is it called so I can buy a new one ? And finally if it had been broken for a while explain why my engine is running like a bag of tripe. When I put my hand over the exhaust manifiold it is sucking in air so is it some sort of vacuum system?

You responses are Much appreciated - please be gentle I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to engines

Its a 1.9 DG engine

Dont know wot the techy name for it but it is some sort of fresh air intake you can buy it from the likes of halfrauds should'nt be anymore than a tenner

Try poking around the right hand side of your engine near the air filter box - though I'm pretty sure its normally 50mm paper/tin foil pipe down there - that one looks narrower. If its the 50mm then GSF do it - in fact ANY Beetle suppliers stock it too. About 4 or 5 quid a length - if that. It wouldn't make TOO much difference to running but best sorted anyway.