air filter hose

rodney68 · Post by **rodney68** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:32 pm

on my 1.7 tgd n/a diesel it has a cardboard hose from front of car to air filter,this hose has foam lining the inside of it and the foam is falling off,my question is at work we have lots of clear wire reinforced hose in this diameter,can i replace this with some from work as old hose has holes in it from new and is a smaller internal diameter ,will it make a difference to how it runs?

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Wed May 04, 2011 10:15 pm

If the foam is falling off, my advise would be to change the hose whether or not. I once came across a 17tgd where the foam had got sucked into the engine

Post by **Defender110** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:09 pm

It's pre filter so no it won't make any real difference to running and no the foam won't get sucked into your engine unless you take your air filter out. It's a cold air pick up pipe that's all, you could always drill holes in the stuff you have at work to make it the same.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:37 am

i know its not quite the same but on a dersh (2CV) and GS's the heater ducting is foam lined for sound deadening,

regards malcolm

Post by **Defender110** » Thu May 05, 2011 8:18 am

Yes this is the same, it is suppose to make the air induction quieter.

rayfenwick · Post by **rayfenwick** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:37 am

How fashions change - now the chavs buy stuff especially to make the induction louder

Post by **Tim Leech** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:52 am

Look on ebay, there has been one on there for AGES on a buy it now price.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:16 pm

Roverman wrote:Look on ebay, there has been one on there for AGES on a buy it now price.

what a chave

and they spend fortunes trying to make them sound louder,

when all they need to do is remove the foam from there air pipes

regards malcolm

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Thu May 05, 2011 3:00 pm

I have used the plastic corrugated heater ducting from a Hillman Imp on my 17RD.
It fits spot on, no inner foam lining and it sounds luberly...

rodney68 · Post by **rodney68** » Thu May 05, 2011 8:16 pm

cheers gents,another job of the list done,welding this weekend,then driveshaft refurb hopefully rewarded with another mot pass in june