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JooV Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:31 am

On a wasserboxer DJ with Digijet, what is this for?


Terry Kay Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:37 am

Looks like the inlet for the oil breather tube which is pictured right above of it.

insyncro Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:55 am

It is an heating element.

JooV Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:07 pm

insyncro wrote: It is an heating element.
For what? And should it have a hose connected somewhere?

JooV Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:09 pm

Terry Kay wrote: Looks like the inlet for the oil breather tube which is pictured right above of it.
What is pictured right above goes into a hole right beside what i marked. And i think that one goes to the idle speed control valve (for letting air bypass the throttle valve i guess).

But yes, i think this is for an oil breather tube. But I don't understand why it has an electrical connection.

Terry Kay Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:20 pm

Don't think.

The heating element is part of the oil breather set up that runs from the oil breather tower & runs to the intake hose?

Got Bentley?
Read that & maybe you'll find your answer within.

JooV Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:22 pm

You're right. Picture evidence below.
Don't have Bentley, just Haynes.

Terry Kay Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:33 pm

Splish, Splash your taking an oil bath.

Fix the hose & you'll be good to go without oiling up the outside of the engine.

Wildthings Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:43 pm

There is a restrictor in the hose that keeps air pulses for the crankcase from upsetting the intake air metering. The heater is to keep the restrictor from freezing up when cold.

Buy a length of 3/4" silicone heater hose to replace the failed breather hose. The original hose was not one of the Vanagon's better features. :cry:



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