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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: snezza69 on January 11, 2006, 21:37:56

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: snezza69 on January 11, 2006, 21:37:56

See the attached photo, the hose circled originates from a bolt on bit on the other side of the engine and stops here.  What is it and where is it supposed to fit to?

Probably a dumb question but I don't have a clue and I can't see one in the magazines.

Help.

Sorry about the image size, computer playing up.

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: mud-club-matty on January 11, 2006, 21:41:51

ring the main dealer up they might be able to help

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: ChrisW on January 11, 2006, 21:51:21

Is it braided? It looks to be in about the right position to be one of the oil breather pipes, what bolt-on bit does it connect to - any chance of a pic of that?

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: Xtremeteam on January 11, 2006, 22:32:14

Quote from: "mud-club-matty"

ring the main dealer up they might be able to help

not likely  :lol:

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: Porny on January 11, 2006, 22:37:58

Quote

ring the main dealer up they might be able to help

ha ha....

 :wink:

most dealers don't know their arse from their elbow!

It's the pipe that goes from the cyclone breather/oil seperator and attaches to the intake tube (the tube from the air filter to the turbo)...and is an oil breater tube as mentioned already.

Will be obvious when you fit the intake tube and air filter assembly.


See pic... the hose (which I think it is) is in red.


Ian

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: snezza69 on January 12, 2006, 21:11:02

Thanks, that looks right.  Only problem is the diagram is for a Defender and I have all the bits (air box and pipes) from a Disco and the air box is at the other side of the engine bay....... :oops:

May need to make some alterations!

 :D

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: Porny on January 12, 2006, 21:19:37

Defender Air take stuff isn't cheap.... just over £200 for all the bits you need, much cheaper (and easier) to find second hand Defender stuff and sell the Disco bits.

Or you could make your own bits....

Ian

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: snezza69 on January 12, 2006, 21:37:08

Is it not possible to make Disco bits fit with some mods?

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: Porny on January 12, 2006, 21:47:38

Anythings possible...

Depends how neat you want the conversion to look...

My preference is to make stuf look 'as factory' i.e. to look as standard as possible, rather than a botched attempt (not that I'm saying yours will be!!)

You 'could' use the Disco stuff, but you may find your a bit pushed for space.

You could mount the air box in a similar postion to a Defender Td5 and make pipework to suit, or you may find you've got space at the front of the engine bay - where the air filter assem. is on a 200Tdi Defender

As long as the air is filtered, and you have a tapping for the engine breather (cyclone) then you can't really go wrong, but you do need to avoid using tight bends or small diameter pipe... the last thing you want to do is restrict air flow into the engine.


Ian

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: snezza69 on January 13, 2006, 07:30:46

Thanks very much I will bear all that in mind.  I certainly don't want to bodge it so I will take my time.

I will put some pictures on the site when it is done.

Title: Help needed to identify hose!
Post by: landyman Ash on January 13, 2006, 13:45:11

I bought defender air box and piping off eblag for £23

I'll keep my eyes out.

I tried to fit all the disco stuff, nightmare!

If you can get the defender air box stuff, so much easier!!!  It all bolts to engine so not brackets to fabricate etc