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Dazza010

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Spare Hose?
« on: 28 July 2008, 20:43:20 »
I spent last Saturday cleaning out the breathers and Air Idle Control Valve on my V6 but have a couple of questions:  I have noticed a drop in mpg since completing this task (used to get between 19 - 20mpg around town, now getting 17mpg, i have checked all the vacum pipes and all seem to be in place and connected correctly.  Secondly i came across a rubber hose about 10mm in diameter at the back of the engine which appears to connect to nothing.  It comes up the rear of the engine just inside the air box that the breathers conect to and just rests under the scuttle. I dont recall disconnecting this hose from anywhere!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.   :-/
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Re: Spare Hose?
« Reply #1 on: 28 July 2008, 20:44:15 »
breather for auto box matey !!  :y
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« Reply #2 on: 28 July 2008, 20:50:17 »
Thanks Markey Mark, I had an idea thats what it might be from reading other posts but just wanted to be sure.  Again thanks.
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Re: Spare Hose?
« Reply #3 on: 28 July 2008, 21:01:29 »
ive got a 20.l auto, had a look but cant seem to see the breather hose, any ideas where I should be looking? thanks in advance

John
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Re: Spare Hose?
« Reply #4 on: 28 July 2008, 21:06:32 »
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ive got a 20.l auto, had a look but cant seem to see the breather hose, any ideas where I should be looking? thanks in advance

John

Hides under the DIS pack on mine...guess who only found out when changing his engine!  wondered why it was a bit reluctant to come out..
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Re: Spare Hose?
« Reply #5 on: 29 July 2008, 13:40:33 »
Thanks for the reply regarding the spare hose.  Does anyone have an idea why my mpg has fallen so much since i cleaned out the breathers and Air idle control valve?  It's fallen to 16mpg today! this is 3-4mpg less than before.  As i mentioned before all vacuum hoses etc are connected.  Will do paperclip test and post results.

Have i done something wrong or is this normal? :-[
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