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Old 01-09-02, 08:29 AM
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Stock air box and Mysterious hose?

Hi,
Long story short I bought this car with the engine blown, and I've finally got it all back together... except there is a hose output connector on the airbox that I don't have a connector to. Could someone please check out the picture and tell me what this connector goes to?
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You have discovered the secret "Mazda Mystery Hose". It leads to nowhere; literally. The hose just attaches there and curves under the airbox where it connects to absolutely nothing; it's just a vent. Most of us put find this the first time we take the airbox out and then wonder "where the hell does this go?"
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that's the outlet of the silencer that's built into the airbox. The silencer is for the airpump (discharge?) usually there's a pipe that just direcs the air downwards, it's safe to leave it as it is.

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I took my air box out last night to install my apexi intake and was wondering the same thing. Hmmm...now I know
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I found in the part's fiche this diagram. Does anyone know where the other end of this hose goes to????
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Originally posted by A-Spec
that's the outlet of the silencer that's built into the airbox. The silencer is for the airpump (discharge?) usually there's a pipe that just direcs the air downwards, it's safe to leave it as it is.

David
Well that scares me... So that means that there is a special reserved section inside the stock air box that this pipe goes to. It means that this hose isn't sucking unfiltered air into the turbo system...
Whooh!
Thanks!
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