Hi,

 

Am going to remove my AIV system & have the wings off so want to remove the whole lot including the upper tanks.

 

I have seen all the removal instruction threads but on the drivers side tank is a larger diameter hose that dissapears through the inner wing & comes out somewhere under the brake servo - I can find no reference to this anywhere! Any ideas where it goes to?

 

Not had a great deal of time to look as was at work & shutting up shop time! :biggrin:

 

I know most people leave the tanks but if anyone knows would be grateful to know where it connects to!

 

Paul

Check this site out it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know

 

http://s95014253.onlinehome.us/63104/137858.html

 

Marty

Check this site out it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know

 

http://s95014253.onlinehome.us/63104/137858.html

 

Marty

 

Sadly it doesnt! I have that doc but it doesnt show or list the main pipe to the air tank (in the last pic) on the drivers side for removal!

Have you got a picture mate, I'm struggling to work out which one you mean.

Iv not mate as was rushing to get home!

 

If you look at the last pic on the link above it is from the tank at the top of the inner wing - it has a hose that goes down to the AIV unit & another hose that is routed through the inner wing where the vacuum line from the solenoid also runs. Curiously although the passenger side tank has an outlet it is blanked off & has no hose!

 

I am guessing it is what feeds the AIV system with air?! :huh:

 

Anyway - I will look further into it tomorrow

Is it this one (green arrow)

Hi - yes, if thats the one that goes through the inner wing!

 

Paul

Got me curious now, I'll have a look tomorrow and see if I can track where it goes.

Will be pulling it all out tomorrow myself anyway - just wondered if anyone knew! :)

Thanks anyway!

 

Paul

Is your car a manual?

 

I think i remember removing that bottle and pipe as part of the manual conversion.

If you mean me, then no it's an auto

Hi - it is a TT manual - there is another tank below the AIV one on a manual TT for the clutch booster - I think you are talking about that. :)

Hi - it is a TT manual - there is another tank below the AIV one on a manual TT for the clutch booster - I think you are talking about that. :)

 

Ah right.

That's the one i was thinking of.

I'll get me coat now!

You dump all that crap the tanks the chunky pipes the pipes going into the exhaust etc etc, u just gota make sure the small 4mm pipes from the plenum and aiv solenoids are going back into the plenum somehow, ah i cant remember to well i did mine ages ago.......

Them tanks are removable without taking the wings off, or at least they were on mine so that saved me a lot of time!

Them tanks are removable without taking the wings off, or at least they were on mine so that saved me a lot of time!

 

I had to take my wings off anyway! :)

Them tanks are removable without taking the wings off, or at least they were on mine so that saved me a lot of time!

 

how on earth did you manage that? looks impossible without pulling the wings off, or you had a very small Japanese man helping you??

how on earth did you manage that? looks impossible without pulling the wings off, or you had a very small Japanese man helping you??

 

Remove the inner lining and all will become clear ;)

Remove the inner lining and all will become clear ;)

 

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ok - stand down! Should have looked a little harder :oops:

 

The pipe in question just goes through the inner wing to atmosphere! :thumbup: All ripped out now :yes:

 

Just doesnt make sense where people say it can affect the idle on a standard ECU as it doesnt even link into the intake - which is what I was assuming LOL!

ok - stand down! Should have looked a little harder :oops:

 

The pipe in question just goes through the inner wing to atmosphere! :thumbup: All ripped out now :yes:

 

Just doesnt make sense where people say it can affect the idle on a standard ECU as it doesnt even link into the intake - which is what I was assuming LOL!

 

Some of the pipes go into an aiv solenoid fook knows what it does when it goes in there though... maybe it makes breakfast?

Some of the pipes go into an aiv solenoid fook knows what it does when it goes in there though... maybe it makes breakfast?

 

 

Well the solenoids just open the AIV valves under the wheelarch that then allow air in from the tanks - was just expecting some sort of pressure system really like we have on Mercs!!

 

Still - all gone now allong with the PRVR too! :thumbup1:

 

lost about 100m of vacuum pipe I reckon LOL :D

Well the solenoids just open the AIV valves under the wheelarch that then allow air in from the tanks - was just expecting some sort of pressure system really like we have on Mercs!!

 

Still - all gone now allong with the PRVR too! :thumbup1:

 

lost about 100m of vacuum pipe I reckon LOL :D

 

Keep all that pipe, it can come in handy for other things, trust me ;)

Keep all that pipe, it can come in handy for other things, trust me ;)

 

I dont trust anyone! :tongue_smilie:

Keep all that pipe, it can come in handy for other things, trust me ;)

 

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