TheSamba.com :: View topic

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:09 pm

So i was looking around the battery area today and noticed a hose coming out of the fire wall and dangling over the battery.. and there is a bolt blocking it off... just wondering if this hose is important at all and if i should be connecting it to anything...

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:12 pm

i've seen people use bolts like that to plug fuse line

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:16 pm

lol. im glad this is common then ... hah!

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:18 pm

Its a vent, it goes to the charcoal canister that isn't there. :)

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:19 pm

that makes sense.. so should i leave it be blocked off then? or can i just get rid of it all together..

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:23 pm

You should hook up a charcoal canister and a stock air filter/oil bath. I hear they are the cats meow! I'm in the process of doing that right now.

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:37 pm

Leave it blocked until you add the charcoal canister and oil bath air cleaner. That line is connected to the fuel tank and with the correct setup the gas vapor is filtered by the charcoal canister and dumped into the air filter. If you unplug the line without hooking it up as stated, you'll have gas vapor fill the engine bay... not a good scenario.

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:39 pm

hmm.. ive thought about that.. ill have to read up to see if its worth spending money on.. she already has a new round chrome air filter the PO bought but im just a poor college student trying to travel soon so ill get my thinkin cap on about this ;)

here is a old pic..

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:47 pm

thirteen wrote: ill have to read up to see if its worth spending money on..

It definitely is. I switched over from dual carbs(evil aircare) to a single and I put the chrome air filter on. So I've got a nice new one on too, and I'm not the richest person in the world either. I'm a designer in animation, that's like being a student! ahah.
Anyway, your engine will be happier. Mine is cranky with me right now cause I don't have the stock one on there. But I'm going to put mine back on once I get the last little bits that I need to do it.

Some reading:
http://www.vw-resource.com/air_cleaner.html#aftermarket
http://www.vw-resource.com/air_cleaner.html

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:53 pm

im sold.. mainly for the " carb needs warm air in the winter " that is defenatly not happening with a chrome aftermarket filter..

thanx for all the advice/links !

Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:55 pm

No problem! 8)

Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:20 pm

thirteen wrote: im sold.. mainly for the " carb needs warm air in the winter " that is defenatly not happening with a chrome aftermarket filter..

thanx for all the advice/links !

come buy that rear bumper and i will give you a good stock air cleaner for your bus 8)

Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:42 pm

that is a sales man right there.. i cant pass that up.. when can i come pick pick em up!

Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:49 pm

Shiny chrome doesn't filter air very well. Do the stock oil bath.

Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:52 pm

thirteen wrote: that is a sales man right there.. i cant pass that up.. when can i come pick pick em up!

I will be working on my bus tomorrow until about 3pm. i just pmed you my phone # again