After buying this 160k car with no service history, I expected to see my ECU floating in the plenum chamber, so was pleasantly surprised to see it dry in there, the hole perfectly clear, and only the odd dry leaf....I had a bit of bother getting the wiring harness out of the way, but managed using a broomstick, coming in from the drivers side, and the only route it can take, takes it straight to the plenum drain, so with a few gentle pushes, it moved the harness under the ECU....
I didnt manage to find the drain on the driver side, but wonderd why there was a rubber bung in each of what looked the higher drains....
I poured some water in and it came straight out.....but not out of the tubes i expected it to come from...in fact it didnt even wet them.
When i pushed a piece of 15mm plastic pipe dow the drain, it came out virtually on top of the steering rubber gaitor.....so where have my pipes gone, and does this have to be rectified, or is it ok just running straight through onto the rubber??....
One error I made...I was just about to go into the house to get some parcel tape, to put over the scuttle clips(to avoid losing them), when i pulled a little bit to hard and two of them shot off, luckily one landed behind me, but the other must have fallen in the engine compartment, possibly never to be seen again....(You live and learn)
The modification was easy, found an inch grommet and just heated up an inch hole cutter(easier than finding its other bits and putting in drill etc), and burnt a hole through it......with the pipe not being on the bottom of the drain, i can now see daylight through the mod hole, and see that the drain is clear......another easy job...but only because it was so well documented on here......
Thanks to all who contributed to "Plenum drain cleaning" threads....
2 jobs in 2 days.......I'm on a roll...
I didnt manage to find the drain on the driver side, but wonderd why there was a rubber bung in each of what looked the higher drains....
I poured some water in and it came straight out.....but not out of the tubes i expected it to come from...in fact it didnt even wet them.
When i pushed a piece of 15mm plastic pipe dow the drain, it came out virtually on top of the steering rubber gaitor.....so where have my pipes gone, and does this have to be rectified, or is it ok just running straight through onto the rubber??....
One error I made...I was just about to go into the house to get some parcel tape, to put over the scuttle clips(to avoid losing them), when i pulled a little bit to hard and two of them shot off, luckily one landed behind me, but the other must have fallen in the engine compartment, possibly never to be seen again....(You live and learn)
The modification was easy, found an inch grommet and just heated up an inch hole cutter(easier than finding its other bits and putting in drill etc), and burnt a hole through it......with the pipe not being on the bottom of the drain, i can now see daylight through the mod hole, and see that the drain is clear......another easy job...but only because it was so well documented on here......
Thanks to all who contributed to "Plenum drain cleaning" threads....
2 jobs in 2 days.......I'm on a roll...