Squashed pipe td4. What is it?

Just noticed this whilst sorting out the starter motor on the td4. I don't think it should be squashed and looks to me like maybe air con?

Can anyone shed any light onto it? I couldn't really see it properly as I kept making a shadow. On left hand side of engine near header tank.

Er, power steering?

And nearly every one iv'e seen is the same, with no effect on performance at all. Ever.

Cheers

Yep, mines the same and has been like this since I got it.

Ah thanks for that. My mind can rest tonight now

Yep, it is meant to be like that.

glad you put this up, i took a photo of mine yesterday to put up looking same lol

Yup - perfectly normal - they'll all like that - from new.

JC600 said:

Yep, it is meant to be like that.

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They're not supposed to be like that but they all are. They should have used a supported pipe but didn't. The pipe is flattened because the rack bypass isn't large enough to take the flow capacity of the pump.
Don't worry about it though it's a design fault that luckily doesn't cause a issue

as the man said its all true

Mine is the same , noticed it today

My mate ordered a new one for his FL, I just laughed when the new one came just as squashed as the old one