[16v] anyone have this on their car?

[ansonivan at yahoo.com (Anson Clement)]

My guess would be the little bastard rodents heard some list banter about swiss cheesing the airbox and got the wrong idea.
 
Anson

C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:
LOL. My son could have used one then, he had about a 4" diameter area 
removed from his air filter by mice, and the contents replaced with nuts. 
The symptom? Car wouldn't start. Somehow the engine survived anyway.
Cathy


>From: Ryan H 
>To: "T. Reed" 
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: RE: [16v] anyone have this on their car?
>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:59:09 -0500
>
>My car had one on it... I'm only the second owner, and the first owner 
>always took the car to the dealership to get it fixed. It's just to keep 
>things from A.) falling into the intake when the boot is off and B.) Keep 
>large objects that somehow sneak by the air filter from getting in the 
>engine.
>
> >
> > From: "T. Reed" 
> > Date: 2003/12/10 Wed AM 07:51:06 EST
> > To: Dave Ewing 
> > CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: [16v] anyone have this on their car?
> >
> > Nope, I was just curious if they actually came on production cars or if
> > they were somethin' special.
> >
> > Like I said I've never seen one (even in a junkyard) so I just wanted to
> > know if they had a purpose or not. They must be in the same category as
> > the "exhaust preheat hose" or something. People take them off when they 
>do
> > the first oil change and the car never sees one again ;P
> >
> > -Toby
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Dave Ewing wrote:
> >
> > > I think it's to keep debris from entering the engine (incase the air 
>filter
> > > disintegrated or something). I usually toss them whenever I see them. 
> They
> > > are actually silver looking--this one looks dirty. Do you want one or
> > > something??
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T. Reed
> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:11 PM
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: [16v] anyone have this on their car?
> > >
> > >
> > > 
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33553&item
> > > =2447498346
> > >
> > > I've seen this before in a drawing of the 16v KR engine but never in
> > > person. Anybody have one on their car and WTH is it for?
> > >
> > > -Toby
> > >
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