MBrown
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| posted on 20/5/14 at 07:21 PM |
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Help needed to identify engine component - Bmw 1995 e36 328
Hi, just took the engine apart, cleaned, painted and put back together, now trying to identify all parts and connections and am stuck on the below.
Are there any people with the same engine that can assist?
There are 2 thin rubber hoses coming from underneath the intake manifold, I think they would usually both connect to the vacuum for the exhaust flap,
is this correct and if so can I just block them off?
And What is this part and where does the tube shown connect to?
Thank you 
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 20/5/14 at 07:27 PM |
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that bit looks like conduit for a cable,dunno about the vac hoses,just see if you have and spare things to plug them onto
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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MBrown
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| posted on 20/5/14 at 07:44 PM |
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As soon as I read your reply above my question seemed stupid, so I thought I'd have another look to see whether it had any references on, and it
did which from a search on google states it's a fuel tank breather valve! So this might help me find out some more stuff about that part, will
keep searching for ideas about the hoses from the bottom of the intake manifold
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Daf
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| posted on 20/5/14 at 07:52 PM |
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Hi there, I one put one of these engines into my E30 - you'll be fine blocking the breathers on the inlet I did this in the E30 and it ran
fine!
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adithorp
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| posted on 20/5/14 at 08:12 PM |
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That looks like a tube to go to the carbon canister (which absorbs fumes from the tank and releases them into the manifold when conditions allow).
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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MBrown
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| posted on 21/5/14 at 06:17 AM |
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So I guess that on a kit car it's not essential and is another part I can remove and plug up the hose leading to the intake manifold?
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 22/5/14 at 10:48 AM |
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Its not the vacuum hose for the brake servo is it? On my M52 engine it comes out of the side of the inlet manifold and all that I did was block it
off with a short piece of hose with a bolt clamped into it. You can just see it to the left of the top if the dip stick in this photo. The other
bits of pipe that are around the same area connect to the idle bypass valve, the cooling water for the throttle body (2 pipes) and, as already
mentioned, the fuel tank evaporative emissions control carbon canister.
 
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MBrown
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| posted on 22/5/14 at 05:51 PM |
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Thanks for the reply, it's not for the brake servo although I do need to block that off to! It might be for the carbon canister, I might just
get the engine started ASAP and see how it runs without it as from what I've found so far if I don't have the bmw tank etc then this part
isn't essential and it will only throw up a code if the pipe that goes to the bottom of this part is disconnected.....I think
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 22/5/14 at 09:34 PM |
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Even if it does throw up a code, my understanding is that the ECU will just log it to be looked at during the next service rather than going into a
limp home mode that would effect your enjoyment of the engine.
I don't have it either and my engine works fine.
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MBrown
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| posted on 23/5/14 at 06:26 AM |
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Perfect thank you, that's exactly what I needed, it will be a couple of months before I start it but i will remove the part and block any pipes
for it at the mo, thank you
[Edited on 23/5/14 by MBrown]
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