Daniel M
Aug 11th, 2003, 19:26
Hi All...
Im a tad concerned-my 440 had a bit of a hard life before she met me, and despite only having 64k on the clock, she was in a bad way. All seems to be well, apart from one annoying thing.
The big black rubber tube that comes off the inlet manifold and runs to the air filter box, has about halfway along, a blue plug poking into it. Upon removing this blue plug, you can see it is attached to a little black cone type thing with a series of holes in. I think it`s only the multipoint engines which have this. I seem to recall on my last 440, that if this "plug" became a little dirty, the rev`s would fluxuate, and the same also if it was pulled out. I also seem to remember that if you put your finger over the hole where the plug came from, it would suck your finger to it, like a mini vacuum. With this 440, which is a 2.0i B20f engine, it doesn`t do a thing... If you pull the plug out, nothing-no fluxuating rev`s or anything. What i want to know, is what is supposed to happen? It`s as if it doesn`t even need to be there, but i know it does. Im not even sure as to what it does anyway. I`ve checked my Haynes manual, and can`t find anything. So, any help appreciated-even if it`s only to tell me what the plug is supposed to do.
Cheers, Dan.
Im a tad concerned-my 440 had a bit of a hard life before she met me, and despite only having 64k on the clock, she was in a bad way. All seems to be well, apart from one annoying thing.
The big black rubber tube that comes off the inlet manifold and runs to the air filter box, has about halfway along, a blue plug poking into it. Upon removing this blue plug, you can see it is attached to a little black cone type thing with a series of holes in. I think it`s only the multipoint engines which have this. I seem to recall on my last 440, that if this "plug" became a little dirty, the rev`s would fluxuate, and the same also if it was pulled out. I also seem to remember that if you put your finger over the hole where the plug came from, it would suck your finger to it, like a mini vacuum. With this 440, which is a 2.0i B20f engine, it doesn`t do a thing... If you pull the plug out, nothing-no fluxuating rev`s or anything. What i want to know, is what is supposed to happen? It`s as if it doesn`t even need to be there, but i know it does. Im not even sure as to what it does anyway. I`ve checked my Haynes manual, and can`t find anything. So, any help appreciated-even if it`s only to tell me what the plug is supposed to do.
Cheers, Dan.