found these two copper coloured pipes taped up.. what are they? should they be taped up? can i use a pipe and join the two together... i feel that would give a better seal
yes its the 2.0 8v... from my mk3 cabby, really lost tbh. i have now blocked them both off individually and has made the world of difference! but am worried it will have long term issues!
They`re vacuum take offs, so if open to atmosphere they will causing idling/running issues (cured by blocking them off as you have), but they should go somewhere...
Hi i found an article about swarfega whether its any use to you or not; Best Answer - Chosen by Asker I can only go by my experience with this product. As a seaman, I used this every day for hand cleansing. It one day was withdrawn by my organization without explanation: we were told that it was an oil based product and gave rise to Dermatitis, this after using it for 25 years! Thinking back, the withdrawal of this substance coincided with the introduction of new sewage systems whereby the sewage was subject to a biodegradable process where "bugs" ate the sewage. When this was put on ships, all kinds of cleaning products were banned, including all toilet bleaches and powdered bathroom cleaners as they would kill the "bugs", thereby stopping the biological process. So I imagine that Swarfega is not quite so benign as the other posters suggest. Why not email the manufacturers? They'll tell you for sure. cser@debsbs.com Hope it helps
LOL took me a while to find that lol but dunno if it will give anyone info on that stuff ive never heard of it before.
Lizard's sig!!!! Took me a while too!!!!!!!!!! And on the vac line front, are you using this 2.0 in a different car from the Cabby? Gordon.
WHAT??? It's immortal stuff of legends!! Green gunky type stuff that's used for cleaning your hands after doing oily / messy jobs. Some folks even mix in a bit of detergent powder to get a mildly abrasive action going on too...
haha cheers Goonz, i Stopped using swarfega last summer just made my hands unbearable fairy liquid and sugar or salt granules all the way O Update on those copper coloured pipes!!! i went to dubs in the park and saw one of the guys of here and his 8v and one goes to the expansion vessel and one goes to the rad!!! wtf! does it do!!!! Not at the top of my list though... lent the car to the miss' over the weekend as i was drinking woke up to drive it to the smell of clutch and no power over 3k revs!!! never lend your swaggen to any one!
GTICorrieri nope all standard just wanted to know what it was... this is what it looked like on a different 8v... strange
They aren't vacuum pipes. They are coolant flow and return for manifold heating. Like what a carbed engine has to combat icing.
Correcto they are coolant pipes. Think theres a core plug on the t.b somewhere so might have been leaking in the past? Wouldnt have thought blocking off the inlet and outlet should make a difference to the running unless it was cracked or something
i would like to thank lizard for taking a pic that included some nice gay pink halfords finnest plastic crap! i would also like to add that that was done by my girlfriend in a bid to "cheer me up" after leaving the car on her drive after a stint in hospital
