New to Freelanding - couple of mech questions.

Hi all. First post, so go easy on me.

Recently acquired an '05 TD4 Sport and have a couple of questions, having had time to have more of a look in the engine bay.

So, at the rear of the engine (adjacent to the brake cylinder) , there's what looks like a fuel filter, dangling from a pipe, but not going anywhere. It's attached to the bottom rear of the engine - one of three pipes coming from the same area? What is it, and should it be joined to anything on the other side?????!!!!!

Also, at the rear of the engine, there's a solid pipe (like a solid brake line), which seems to exit from the centre, rear of the engine at it's base, then come up between the engine and the firewall - again, it's just sitting up there - not attached to anything. I'm sure it shouldn't just be waving around in there! Same question - what is it, and should it be attached to anything?

All help appreciated! Thanks.

Ps, I have done some searching, but due to the random nature of the query, my searching has come to nothing! Plus, the Haynes manual wasn't much use with 'random semi connected fittings'.

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i can answer one of your questions the filter you mentioned just dangling thats correct and should be like that i think and i'll stand corrected if im wrong its an actuator

probably your turbo breather with the filter on - should be open ended so no problem, other metal pipe may be your IRD breather...hard to say, but if it is goosed/swan necked then more than likely a breather to stop **** going down end of pipe )

Brilliant - thanks both for the info.

The metal pipe is indeed 'swan necked' - and yes, it could be from the IRD, as opposed to the engine itself. I'm not very happy that it's just swinging around up there - so may try to find a connector, to keep it a little more rigid!

Thanks again.

they are both breathers, originally, the one that just swings about would have had a plastic clip, bit like a figure 8 with the top and bottom bit missing.

a cable tie will do the job just as well though.

Thanks for the extra confirmation, OP.