Relax, this is only a breather to allow the expansion and contraction of the air/oil inside the unit. The other end of the hose terminates openly into the space above the fuel tank of your Syncro, above water level should you decide to cross a river. Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures 1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9TD ----- Original Message ----- > There's some sort of breather hose that is mean to connect to a small flared > outlet on the top of the front diff on my '87 California Syncro. Being a > flared outlet, it looks like it's supposed to be a pressure-tight seal or > some such. My hose is badly damaged and won't form a seal on this, so I > shall be replacing it this weekend. > So my question is, where does this hose go? > > My big fear is that it joins the rest of the emissions system (Fuel vapour > and maybe the transmission breather) which then joins into the throttle > body. If this is the case then I need to fix it PRONTO, since I'd be sucking > air in past the airflow meter and idle valve, and only have the Oxygen > sensor to compensate for any anomalies. And I do have a strange > just-off-idle hesitation that hasn't been solved by replacing all the > wearing parts (Cap, rotor, leads, plugs, O2 sensor), doing the Cap fix on > the AFM and moving the guts of the AFM sensor around to make new tracks. > > Does anybody know if this is the case? > > > Luke Plaizier |
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