sawood12
New member
Just spent an hour under the car having a general nose around after having the oil leak sorted - turned out to be the gasket for the oil cooler housing (drivers side of engine block where the oil filter screws into) and saw a flexible ribbed hose in the passenger side wheel arch. This hose is about 2 to 3 inches in Dia and points backwards, but isn't attached to anything and is open ended and just jammed between the lower wishbone and the brake line which doesn't seem right to me. So I have a couple of questions:-
1. What is this hose - does it take air into the inner wheelarch to feed the airbox?
2. Should there be a bracket to secure the loose end?
Also I got my Air Con recharged. Is the air con like a climate control system, i.e. do the numbers on the temp knob refer to a set temp which the air con system will automatically regulate cutting in the air cooling system as and when needed or is it simply a basic manual air con system? It doesn't appear to act automatically but the system has been out of action for over a year so I'm not sure if a problem has developed.
1. What is this hose - does it take air into the inner wheelarch to feed the airbox?
2. Should there be a bracket to secure the loose end?
Also I got my Air Con recharged. Is the air con like a climate control system, i.e. do the numbers on the temp knob refer to a set temp which the air con system will automatically regulate cutting in the air cooling system as and when needed or is it simply a basic manual air con system? It doesn't appear to act automatically but the system has been out of action for over a year so I'm not sure if a problem has developed.