Intercooler Piping Question

[Tangents]

Question...

After putting on my new front mount kit I have realised that the old piping had a nipple on the cold side of the piping just before it turns 90deg toward the throttle body, to which a vacuum hose from the power steering pump is connected... The new piping does not have this.... do i need to re route this? or have a nipple put on the new piping?

[Samon]

Question...

After putting on my new front mount kit I have realised that the old piping had a nipple on the cold side of the piping just before it turns 90deg toward the throttle body, to which a vacuum hose from the power steering pump is connected... The new piping does not have this.... do i need to re route this? or have a nipple put on the new piping?

Ah, that's not gonna be going ot the power steering... it'll be for your boost controller I'm guessing.

If you don't connect it, chances are you'll get infinite boost.

I'd be putting a nipple on the new piping ASAP.

[mike40sydney]

Ah, that's not gonna be going ot the power steering... it'll be for your boost controller I'm guessing.

If you don't connect it, chances are you'll get infinite boost.

I'd be putting a nipple on the new piping ASAP.

blocked mine off 3 years ago and never had an issue mind you im now running a greddy boostcontroller .and i was told it was power steer too.as i said never had an issue with it

[Tangents]

Very sure it comes from the power steering pump...

[Tangents]

Think it is just a vent?

[QWK32]

i know the one you mean, and it does go to the power steering pump as you said. i'm not sure what the pump does with it though, but it wouldn't be a vent if its going back into i/c pipes. maybe some kind of vacuum/pressure assist for the pump? i'd hook it back up with the wastegate/boost controller line.

[chef_stagea]

hi there mate...

what ive done is for my controller taken a reading off the waste gate and then the plenum... this is goingto give you a more accurate reading as its litteraly just as it passes into the engine...

and its on the same pipe just after the throttle body

EVERY thhing eles needs to be blocked off...

what boost controller u running??

on my last s2 i had a nipple put in but the way ive said above is the same in theory.