Date:         Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:21:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Mullendore <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Mullendore <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sycnro Front-Diff Breather Hose ?
Comments: To: Luke Plaizier <lukeyson@OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
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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