Hi guys, I spent all morning looking for a picture of this thing since I am unable to properly photograph it.

This part sits underneath the intake manifold and is part of the vacuum system. The Whitish - Grey piece on the end has broken off, revealing a broken spring. I need to find out the name or part number so I can get it replaced.... thanks!!

 

My first thought was part of the PCV/block breather setup, but to my knowledge none of those tubes and pipes have o-rings on them. That spring clip is used in many places in the cooling system to join coolant pipes. It would be helpful to know what motor is in your car.

 

Those are definitely all block breather/PCV parts. The block breather tube (with the green O-ring on it) uses the O-ring to seal it against the block breather.

Which year/engine do you have?

 

Definitely agree that is the crank case breather hose.



Jason

 

i have no idea how you managed to take the breather tube out without crumbling the plastic into the block breather. everytime i take one out it happens. if your the kind of guy who likes to upgrade things try a silicone hose. next time you take it out it wont break.

 

This is not my unit this is a picture I found on the web. My car is a 1997 A4 1.8t, I do not know the actual engine code. In my case, the part within the red circle, the grey / white part has become separated and will not reattach. I am unable to determine if it is part of the larger "T" piece or whether it is a separate unit, and can be purchased separately. The rest of the assembly is all fine, no issues, and I DEFINITELY dont want to try and remove the whole assembly if I can possibly avoid it.

I was able to find another picture of it.... the grey part looks like it is a separate unit from the rest of the assembly, but when I google PCV Valve nothing even remotely resembling this part comes up....

 

Guys it looks like I have this solved... Thanks very much to everyone who contributed.