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Offline bigdee

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little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« on: 26 January 2014, 18:52 »
seen this the other day and i havent touched it and i dont know what it does any one any ideas its inbetween the pipe between the air filter inlet to the engine and a black unit on the left hand side of the engine bay
gonna drop some pics in the next few mins
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Offline bigdee

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #1 on: 26 January 2014, 19:01 »


 




this is the little black box unit thats got the multi plug in it
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Offline Santiago

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #2 on: 26 January 2014, 19:12 »
An air leak also known as an Ecotek valve, I think.  :rolleyes:
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Offline bigdee

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #3 on: 26 January 2014, 19:28 »
lol any ideas what there for or do?
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Offline dragonfly

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #4 on: 26 January 2014, 19:37 »
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Offline gazareth

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #5 on: 27 January 2014, 17:48 »
throw it in the nearest bin. things like that might help old cars but modern cars are so efficient that it would probably be a step backwards running around with one of them on it.
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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #6 on: 27 January 2014, 20:05 »
Junk.
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Offline bigdee

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #7 on: 27 January 2014, 20:27 »
right ill bin it then it is a 99 so not too modern but i cant see it doing anything to improve the engine or mpg ill hunt a new pipe now but ive got a coupler that should fit
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Offline bigdee

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #8 on: 28 January 2014, 08:27 »
cheers for the info guys
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Offline mcgee9t2

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Re: little silver valve thingy ma bob? ? what does it do??
« Reply #9 on: 28 January 2014, 12:42 »
Never had that on my old 1.8 n/a as said. bin
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