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Ah nuts - dont fancy taking the plenum off. It's actually my brothers car and I am looking after it while he is away. I spoke to him about this and he has mentioned getting an earthing kit when he gets back. So the heater matrix better hold out till then! If I am changing these pipes anyway is it much extra effort to do the by-pass? It gives me the fear because I really struggled just to unclip that hose and I dont even have fat hands.

Excellent, thank you very much.

99% sure, there was water running off the underside of the rubber pipe. It could however be spray from another tube leaking but I didn't feel anything when I wrapped my hand around the pipe to feel for the leak. I think the water bypass is a good idea, however I need to fix this quick. Does anyone know the part numbers for those pipes or where they are in the workshop manual. I have the workshop manual but haven't found a pic of them yet. I want to be able to go into Nissan and point at the parts otherwise I will no doubt end up with a door handle for a micra knowing them.

Thanks for that Bilky. I couldn't see where the pipes go because of all the wires and other pipes and stuff that crowd that area. It was difficult to get that apart once I had taken the clip off because there was no room to get your hands in.

I have a water leak in this area of the engine bay .... The water seems to be coming from near the join on this pipe (the one with the big red arrow near it coincidentally)... Once disconnected the metal pipe has a lot of corrosion near the end, as can be seen hear (luckily again a big red arrow happened to be right next to the affected area) .... I have put a new clip on the pipe to try and minimise the leak but water is still coming out. So I want to get both the hard pipe off and the rubber pipe to inspect for leaks. Does anyone know where the other ends of the pipes are so I can take them off to inspect. I am guessing the hard pipe might not come off though.