Missing Water Hose? Please advise

[Dragonball]

Just noticed that the water pipe leading off the back of the intake is missing - please see pic

 

Everything fine with the car but just checking where this should lead to

 

Any help gratefully received

 

Cheers

[BulletMagnet]

Well according to the pic it should lead "To Water Outlet"

[Dragonball]

Strange enough I got that bit :-)

 

What is the water outlet when at home (the outlet the water goes down - I know I know!) :-)

 

Any idea why there etc.

[Dblock]

Is that the one that goes to the throttle body? The picture is tiny.

[Toon Chris]

Now I will have wild guess here but a water hose leading to a throttle body usually forms part of a system to warm the throttle and prevent icing. This is fine but warming the throttle is not conducive to maximum power. Its possible that the previous owner has removed the pipe to gain that extra 1hp. Unless the weather goes completely arctic it won't cause any harm.

Its a 100% guess based on engines in general rather than the Z

[Dragonball]

Sounds about right... but I will put it back on asap anyway - with this summer anything could happen! :-)

 

Cheers

[Wasso]

I would have thought if it was missing you'd be spewing coolant, so clearly removed and the other end has been connected elsewhere?????

 

I'm very good friends with that pipe as I've taken my plenum off a number of times and must remove the pipe to allow the plenum to be removed. For the life of me I can't picture where it is joined to.

 

Get it to a mechanic to see what has been done?

[M13KYF]

isnt this a US only thing and not used in the UK

[Wasso]

It's used because you need to remove it so the plenum can be removed. In taking the hose off the plenum you get a slight drip of coolant.