Crankcase filter pipe missing.....

Evening All
I've a 2001 TD4 and today as I was looking around the engine to familarise myself with as I'm going to doa oil and filter's change I noitced it looks like a rubber section was missing from a metal pipe at the top rear right of the engine and the Crackcase Filter (looks like a old style inline fuel filter). Now I am familiar with the bmw engine as I had a Rover 75 cdti but it didn't have this extra filter just the pcv bog roll...so I've connected a rubber tube to between the two but do you think any damage has been done due to this missing pipe & I'm looking at doing the BMW mod so would I be ok just connecting the pipes together without the extra filter.

Thanks
Martin

Sounds like you've connected the IRD breather pipe (metal with inverted U) to the turbo vent pipe (the one with the filter).

They shouldn't be connected, both open to atmosphere.

Can't quite see from the pic's, but some mistake the air vent pipe that comes out of the ird (fixed ratio transfer box that splits the power from the gearbox) as a thing that should be connected to the white filter thing. It shouldn't. Both vent to the open air. Even the white filter thing.

edit: he typed quicker.

Thanks gents I'll get rid of the pipe ..... so both the metal pipe and filter are open one end... as I said hadn't seen owt like that on the 75 so thought I'd check first before running it....
Martin

Rover 75 didn't have variable nozzle turbo so you wouldn't have had the turbo vent filter

As said previously both those pipes should vent to atmosphere

Thanks for the replies gents pipe now removed....