Stokie Dave
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Registered: 16th Dec 03
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Hi guys. Last night a mate I saw was telling us about his engine swap from 1.4 to 1.6 16v in his sport. He mentioned some vacuum hose, he didn't know much about it but said it was causing him grief as it was all split. He looked at mine to see how the hoses etc were laid out and noticed the same one on mine was split... so I put a random spare one on, but I know nothing about these hoses/pipes, what they do, where they come and go from, so thought I'd ask on here!
I will add some pics and circle the problem areas 
Any guidance on what they do would be much appreciated, nice to learn summat new! Will get some of these little 90 degree bend pipes as spares as age is catching up with my car now.
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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they are vacume pipes, the last picture is for the brake servo, couldnt tell you exactly what they do but i know you need them, and in the second pic the pic grey connector was unclipped on my car and the ecu light was on, plugged it in and the light went off
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Stokie Dave
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Ta for the reply mate Any more from anyone?
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
Location: Eastbourne, EastSussex
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the last pic is just a one way valve for the brake servo, the others are vacuum hoses for the secondary air pump controller,
and the l peice of rubber hose should be attched to something if not then block it off, it will make your engine hunt sucking air in
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Stokie Dave
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Cheers mate. I'll just make sure none have cracked pipes and forget about 'em
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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The first one is the Fuel tank vent valve.
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Stokie Dave
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Registered: 16th Dec 03
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Quite important then? I've had some nasty fuel smells lately.. wonder if it's due to that?
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