Can anyone tell me what this does?

[jay1]

Found this pipe and noticed a hissing sound since I have owned the car I have thought the clutch was slipping it has never got any worse but was definitely slipping the hose in question had a split in it so I put the larger peice with the 2 jubilee clips on and it sealed it up nice took it up the road and now my clutch does not appear to slip at all ??? In the 2nd pic it's the small pipe thanks

 

[<tuffty/>]

Servo vacuum pipe... rather important that its in a good state...

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[jay1]

Servo vacuum pipe... rather important that its in a good state...

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Could that have been affecting my clutch?

 

[Frazzly]

No, It would make the brakes weaker than normal if it was leaking..

 

[superkarl]

brake and clutch fluid are shared

 

[jay1]

brake and clutch fluid are shared

Thats what I was thinking. Either way its like a new car now!

 

[jay1]

And now my cruise control works too!! How could that little pipe affect so much!

 

[vfr800]

If you clean your engine bay the car will go faster too

 

[jay1]

Hilarious!

 

[slydog18]

It would be sucking in too much air and making the car run weak I believe.

 

[@udi A3]

As slydog said, airleaks are a pita on petrol cars! Do all sorts of funny stuff. I dont think the clutch is vacuum assisted though like the breaks, more likely a loss of power making it feel like clutch slip through the leak.

 

[jay1]

As slydog said, airleaks are a pita on petrol cars! Do all sorts of funny stuff. I dont think the clutch is vacuum assisted though like the breaks, more likely a loss of power making it feel like clutch slip through the leak.

That could well be it I have owned the car for 6 months and always known it like that it's like having a new car now the thing is rapid!!!

 

[@udi A3]

In 6 months when the new found horses are tame, a remap will give you another 6 months 'rapidness' lol.

 

[jay1]

Yeah but then where does it end! £££££££££!!!!!! Lol