Name this Part???!!!

[DreadedDev 0]

How well do you know your VR6 engines.. can you name these parts?...

Part 1....

Part 2.....

- the bit with the two pipes coming out

And for bonus points.... let me know which of the pipes in this photo carry fuel.....

[legvw 0]

Part 1 is a solenoid valve plumbed into breather from fuel tank.

Part 2 is the carbon canister

Bonus, a pair of fuel pipes on the right of the pic, that run along the side of the rocker cover.

[DreadedDev 0]

thanks for the quick response!! I'm trying to figure out where the smell of petrol is coming from and it seemed strongest around the solenoid valve... (now i know what it is)... the other thing i'v noticed is that despite driving like miss daisy, my fuel consumption doesn't seem to get beyond 16mpg..... i notice the solenoid valve has an electrical connection on it, if that was wrong would it lead to excessive mpg?

[xyber 1]

Yes, the solenoid runs up to the inlet manifold. It controls when the fuel tank vents gas into the inlet, so in theory if it or the carbon canister is dodgy, could cause an air leak.

You can bin the carbon canister, block the black hose that connects to it and dangle the clear unblocked hose through a hole in the wing. See if that improves things, if not you could try and remove the solenoid completely incase it's leaking, which may cause a fault code, but could probably be defeated by a resistor in the solenoids place

[CALICO 130]

i take it the curly wurly is im the post for the winner well done paul lol

[legvw 0]

i take it the curly wurly is im the post for the winner well done paul lol

Woop woop, yay! I'm feeling peckish... :-)