Small Bore pipe under rear seats???

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  • Dpicariello
    S2Forum Maniac
    • Mar 2006
    • 621
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #1

    Small Bore pipe under rear seats???

    I went out with the rear seat removed today (had been charging the battery an hadn't got round to putting it back in). At idle there was this hissing sound coming from this pipe. Once boost kicked in it went quiet (or the flow reversed).
    Any ideas what it is?

  • Jas11n
    S2Forum Zealot
    • Jan 2004
    • 5067
    • Country: England

    #2
    Vacuum feed to the rear difflock. The white/black part on the end is a one way valve.

    Jas..
    2001 Avus Silver B5 RS4.
    2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport-LE.
    1995 S2 Coupe - sold (sniff)

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    • Dpicariello
      S2Forum Maniac
      • Mar 2006
      • 621
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      So should it be connected to something then?

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      • Jas11n
        S2Forum Zealot
        • Jan 2004
        • 5067
        • Country: England

        #4
        Oops, yeah, it should carry on and connect under the car to the rear difflock actuator.

        Mine below..

        2001 Avus Silver B5 RS4.
        2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport-LE.
        1995 S2 Coupe - sold (sniff)

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        • Jas11n
          S2Forum Zealot
          • Jan 2004
          • 5067
          • Country: England

          #5
          Looks like yours has become disconnected. See new arrow!

          2001 Avus Silver B5 RS4.
          2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport-LE.
          1995 S2 Coupe - sold (sniff)

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          • Dpicariello
            S2Forum Maniac
            • Mar 2006
            • 621
            • Country: United Kingdom

            #6
            Ah, ideal mate, cheers. I though I was gonna have to source some of that pipe and have fun routing it!
            Thanks!

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            • Fat Audi 80
              Super Moderator
              • Jan 2004
              • 10547
              • Country: England

              #7
              Nice one Jas!
              The Perfectionist
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              • S2central.net
                Retired OG Mod
                • Jul 2003
                • 16590
                • Country: Northern Ireland

                #8
                Yerp - Jas is bang on with this one...

                That car has been running with unmetered air on vacuum whilst this pipe is disconnected. Be interested to know if that is within adaptation limits of the ECU or whether you have a fault code lurking along the lines of 'lambda adaptation range exceeded' in your ECU !
                Paul Nugent
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                1994 S2 Coupe ABY - aka Project Lazarus
                2001 A6 allroad 2.5TDi - family tank
                2003 S4 Avant 4.2 V8 - daily burble

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                • Dpicariello
                  S2Forum Maniac
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 621
                  • Country: United Kingdom

                  #9
                  This site is awesome!

                  Yeah, I've had a lambda error for some time. Never knew what could have caused it but looks like you've found the culprit! I also had a bout of overboost protection that mysteriously came and went.

                  Cheers Paul!

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                  • S2central.net
                    Retired OG Mod
                    • Jul 2003
                    • 16590
                    • Country: Northern Ireland

                    #10
                    That will be the cause - the engine sucks in that unmetered air under vacuum, so when you nail the throttle and start generating boost - the ECU can detect an overboost situation with excess air (by means of pressure) that has entered the engine without going thru the MAF.

                    Connect that hose up, clear your fault codes and see if it comes back.

                    We aim to please !!!!!!!!!
                    Paul Nugent
                    Webmaster http://S2central.net
                    Administrator http://S2forum.com

                    1994 S2 Coupe ABY - aka Project Lazarus
                    2001 A6 allroad 2.5TDi - family tank
                    2003 S4 Avant 4.2 V8 - daily burble

                    Purveyor of HomeFries and Exclusive agent for Samco hose kits (S2/RS2)

                    There are only 10 kinds of people that understand binary - those that do, and those that don't

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                    • alg
                      S2Forum Extremist
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 1160

                      #11
                      Now its that sort of post and more important the responses that made this site the best..............more please
                      Alastair
                      RS2

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                      • merlin's S4
                        S2Forum Extremist
                        • Jan 2005
                        • 1539
                        • Country: United Kingdom

                        #12
                        Well done Dan and Jas!! Looks like you've finally solved that little problem!!
                        '93 S4 Avant now back on the road complete with new shiny go faster bits.

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                        • Dpicariello
                          S2Forum Maniac
                          • Mar 2006
                          • 621
                          • Country: United Kingdom

                          #13
                          Connected the pipe in question and the moteur fuses are currently out. If this proves to be the answer to my lambda problem then I owe Jas and Paul big time.

                          Seriously guys this problem has been bugging me for months and I was at a complete loss with it.

                          Thanks.

                          I might actually be able to start spending my money on tweeks rather than fixes soon!

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                          • 4WheelDrifter
                            S2Forum Zealot
                            • Oct 2004
                            • 5773
                            • Country: Devon

                            #14
                            Didn't you notice your difflock wasn't working Dan?
                            SS

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                            • Davidsinclair05
                              S2Forum Addict
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 365
                              • Country: Scotland

                              #15
                              Thats the first time i ever saw the battery under the back seat. I've got a 3B and i've never seen the battery in a ABY. I had my back seat out on thursday to run new power cables and speaker wires, I also found that hose after the audi dealer said that the ECU was in the passenger footwell. Just shows that some Dealers don't have a CLUE!
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