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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: JMallows on 13 September 2004, 19:41

Title: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 13 September 2004, 19:41

Right, on a 1.3 where does the oil breather hose run to? I have one end sussed, the rocker cover  ::) but the other? I hope once i get near, i should see the rest of the hose, as it broke near the top, and fell in somewhere...

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 14 September 2004, 11:23

It goes into the airbox

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 14 September 2004, 23:09

Cheers! Um, where is the air box??!  :-[ ???

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 09:31

Its the great big round thing sat on top of the engine with an air filter in it :)

Get a Haynes manual, or better yet, download one:
http://www.moddin.net/downloads/haynes.zip

It has a couple of chapters missing, but has the important stuff :)

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 10:02

I knew that!!  :-[

Got a manual, just haven't looked in it yet!


I finished of my light at last (you remember?). I didn't use two in the end, i just glued two extra bulb holders in the original holder.... its a bit like daylight now! All thats needed is the delay...

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 10:07

Ah ok, I find the pdf manual is handy for when I don't have me book close, like when I'm helping peeps out on the forums or when I can't be arsed to open the drawer!

Good idea about the light, I had an LED one in mine but it was crap and didn't light up anything, so I've gone back to the original bulb.

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 14:30

Yeah, i think you told me abou that? That and the blue dash! I'll take some photos at some point, when i get a camera!

Ok, i can't find it in the manual, where abouts is it??

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 15:14

Its under 'Fuel and exhaust systems - carburettor models' - 4A.

bottom of the 4th page, the pic on the far right shows the breather hose, section 3 tells you how to remove the airbox :)

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 15:54

Cheers, i was looking under engine! Finally, does it "have" to be rubber, can it be plastic, like the windscreen washer tubing?

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 16:06

I would say it needs to be the right type, cot it will have hot gasses from the engine running thru it and will likely melt washer tubing.

Isn't the breather hose alot bigger than washer tubing anyway?  At least on the 1.6 its like 2cm wide?

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 16:17

Yeah, washing tubing is smaller, but i just meant the same material, i'd obviously get thicker stuff!!

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 16:32

You not got a scrappy near by?

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 16:52

 >:( all cr@p  >:(

There is one near, ish, but they only ever get in mk3 and 4 golfs, not mk2's!

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: rubjonny on 15 September 2004, 16:54

Even so, you should be able to find something with the size you need , hose is hose after all :)

Title: Re: Oil breather hose
Post by: JMallows on 15 September 2004, 22:51

Yeah, i'll find something! Thanks for your help with that, and the heated jets by the way! Will send you some pics soon.