318Is pipe Helppppp

[dazleeds]

part no 17 in pic
where does this pipe connect??

have done the Is head today
all is sweet car runs great but am left with an open end to this pipe and absolutely nowhere for it to connect
cant blank or it builds pressure and spits oil out of the gaskets on engine help

cheers

Daz

[dazleeds]

bump bump

anyone got any ideas for me??

or anyone near leeds have an Is i could have a look at?

[Geeman]

It's an air/water pipe. The air pipe goes into the bottom of the TB, and the cam cover breather on the other... might be wrong though.

[Geeman]

Any better...?

[dazleeds]

see pic mate

the white arrow is where the rocker breather goes in

and the blue arrow is the pipe im confused about
theres just othing it can connect to??
me and Ian temple did the head and neither could suss out what goes there

we have connected all tb pipes and the breather pipe to the bellows

very confused

[Geeman]

It actually looks like you've got it upside down and the wrong way round, as if you've got 25 and 17 mixed up. The metal coolant U-bend should sit under the air pipes... in fact, you can miss most of the coolant pipes out.

[Demlotcrew]

White arrow, rocker cover breather.

Blue arrow throttle body breather.

Easy

Andrew

[Geeman]

Kinda like I said originally then. Glad I was right.

You've still got those two joints the wrong way round though...

[dazleeds]

hmmmm

you may be right giles

but even if you are and i swap them all round im still gonna be left with an open end on at least one of the pipes

and what i really dnt get is the car is running spot on lots better than either me or iain was expecting tbh

this is doin my nut in now lol

oh i need to see another Is up close

[dazleeds]

White arrow, rocker cover breather.

Blue arrow throttle body breather.

Easy

Andrew

will have a bash later at swapping them over etc but i still think im gonna be left with an open pipe

heres a quick q for ya

does the bellows have a blanking plug in it??
should it stay blanked or does something connect to it??

i remember Iain removed a blank from the bellows

all this is confusing because we didnt strip the car i got allready stripped down so we were working blind and having to guess where pipes go by there shape and bends etc

pipes 17 and 25 all i did was replace with new pipes and connect as they were

so maybe they were wrong when the previous owner had the car too

[Geeman]

There's definitely a pipe that connects to the underneath of the intake bellows. Take the blank out and connect your spare pipe to that.

[dazleeds]

There's definitely a pipe that connects to the underneath of the intake bellows. Take the blank out and connect your spare pipe to that.

we did yesterday mate
and we still have the open pipe

someones getting me some pics of theres now
so hopefully all will become apparent??? i fookin hope lol

[Demlotcrew]

The pipe with the arrows on it in the pic is meant to be on the other side and the one with no arrows is meant to be on the left side.

Andrew

[Chris-W]

[Lordschleife]

This is the diagram I drew when trying to figure out my hoses
Hope it helps

[Geeman]

So it's the dark blue line, to the bottom of the TB, like Andrew and I said originally...

[Chris-W]

True, but we had the chance to post pretty pictures this way

[Lordschleife]

etc etc

[dazleeds]

etc etc

cheers for the diagram above mte

it all suddenly makes sense

cheers fella

guess i better go rearrange the pipes this afternoon

[Lordschleife]

No worries, took me bloody ages to figure out too!

[dazleeds]

No worries, took me bloody ages to figure out too!

its cos when i collected the car it was at a garage with the head stripped off and every pipe was buggered and covered in nasty black tape

we got it all back together and running spot on
but just couldnt work out which pipe we had got wrong

she will be sorted out and all pipes put right etc and back on the road saturday morning

cheers again

Daz

[Lordschleife]

Mine was a right mess, cracked and taped like yours, plus had the metal U skipping part 17, and the bit where 18 connects in was blocked off with a bolt, and had a pipe coming out the other end connected to the top of the throttle body! (the pink ? in the pic) That now has the correct cap on it thanks to Tims ETK skills (cause its not listed for the m42!) and the rest of the pipes back where they should be

[Jamesb318is]

I need that cap that goes on the throttle body, mines taped up at the moment, the guys at the parts department couldnt find it! So if you could find me a part no. or point me in the direction of someone who knows it that would be great cheers!

[Lordschleife]

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38p!

[dazleeds]

Lordschleife

your diagram was spot on mate

all now back together as it should be

cheers to Lordschleife,geeman,Demlot and chris

[Lordschleife]

all now back together as it should be

Glad to hear it - now go out and enjoy, life begins at 4000rpm!

[dazleeds]

all now back together as it should be

Glad to hear it - now go out and enjoy, life begins at 4000rpm!

mate i be lucky if i get the car for 1 day lol

its now the mrs car and is getting taxed up tmoro for her

at least ill get to drive it daily but will have to behave when shes about

[Jamesb318is]

Cheers lordschliefe!