can anyone tell me what this is for??

[parawaiting]

bongo has been of the road for a while whilst i got the fuel injerctor pump serviced and i am now putting everything back together, this rubber cap came off a metal pipe that attaches to the cambelt case.nothing was obviously leaking when it has been running so i am a bit confused as to what the pipe does and what fdlows down it??here is ther pic http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq15 ... /bongo.jpg

thanks

paul

[missfixit70]

Is it a small bore pipe just forward of the engine on the passenger side? If so it's a spare vacuum take offpoint (very handy for fitting cruise control ) Difficult to get an idea of scale from the piccie .

[parawaiting]

hi sorry i meant to say b4 it is maybe approx 1/2 inch or 12mm and it is on the drivers side the pipe it comes off is bolted to the camshaft cover

[teenmal]

Hi Paul,looks like a blanking cap,did it come off the elbow at the front of the inlet manifold?

Mal..

[parawaiting]

i guess id better take a picture, there is basically a long small bore metal pipe which has a piece coming off at 90 degrees about halfway down its length, ill post again when i have a picture if noone knows

[Simon Jones]

As Kirsty says, this appears to the be the rubber cap that seals a spare take-off point on the vacuum pipe to the brake servo. You should plug it somehow otherwise brake performance will suffer & it will be sucking lots of air & dust into the vacuum pump. If you can find a length of small-bore tubing (approx 3mm) which will slide over the pipe & then insert a bolt or screw into the other end.

Alternatively, fit a Waeco MS50 cruise control - a very useful mod

[parawaiting]

thanks for all your replies, you were all right it was of course on the paasenger side.i'll get it sorted with some tubing