Under the bonnet

[Zeddicus]

Two things I have noticed recently without having any idea what they are or what they are supposely doing:
- #1 is a pipe coming down from the vent below windshield, it has a rubber valve half opened. Only purpose I find to it is to bring dust and pine needles to the engine bay :?
- #2 is a bracket installed next to the shock strut mount, which seems ready to hold something? A mysterious accessory..?

Forgive the ignorance here, I am not a mechanic but just curious... by the way, engine is N52 3.0si.

 

[budfox]

I'm no mechanic either, but I can confirm that #1 is the dust and pine needles induction system.

 

[buzyg]

looking nice and clean in there. no idea what the pipe is for. Wild guess, an expansion pipe to let excess fluid pressure out from somewhere. :?

 

[T2FFN]

No.1 is the drain for the windscreen gutter. Where do you think the water goes from the drain?

No.2 I think is where the hydraulic cylinder goes for the brakes, on RHD cars. Guessing yours is a LHD.

 

[srhutch]

Pipe is the drain from the scuttle panel.

The mount is for secondary air pump which not all cars have.

 

[Zeddicus]

Thanks for the replies, mysteries are solved now! :roll:

No.1 is the drain for the windscreen gutter. Where do you think the water goes from the drain?

No.2 I think is where the hydraulic cylinder goes for the brakes, on RHD cars. Guessing yours is a LHD.

No.1 Water, dust, pin needles drained directly in the engine? seemed a bit strange to me, but ok I am no engineer
No.2 Indeed it is a LHD, hence the "free" mounting on this side, brilliant.
I shall now remove this excessive weight... :evil:

 

[Bing]

Pipe is the drain from the scuttle panel.

The mount is for secondary air pump which not all cars have.

^^^^This. The mount is not anything to do with LHD/RHD. The M has a pump there, and I have a feeling that the pre-facelift M54 engines have the pump too, though I could be wrong on that.