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need an oddball 4-way "T"



all i've ever seen on 8v's is a 3-way 't'. give me some more specs on it so
i can find you the part number.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: <Wolfsbrg8v@aol.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: need an oddball 4-way "T"


>
> Today I started the rocco and to my puzzlement
> it would not idle at all, & stall immediately -- but
> would run fine with the throttle open even a little bit.
> No warning symptoms, very sudden, so what the ..?
>
> After some hose checking I discovered that a plastic
> fitting had broken in half and was allowing air into the
> intake duct, bypassing the sensor plate.
>
> I removed it and plugged the hole, now the car
> idles fine again, but I had to take the PCV intake,
> idle stabilizer valves, and charcoal purge out of the
> loop, as they now have nothing to connect to.
>
> The broken fitting is a 4-way plastic connector
> in the shape of a "+".  The top nipple connects to
> the rubber boot between the throttle body and the
> air intake duct (at the same protrusion where the
> charcoal canister vacuum valve connects). The
> bottom nipple connects to the PCV (lower) air
> intake. The left (facing the engine) nipple connects
> to the hose leading to the idle stabilizer valves,
> and the right nipple connects to the charcoal
> canister purge hose.
>
> If anybody has one of these doodads to spare, I'd
> be glad to pay for it + postage.
>
> Leo
> 84 scirocco 8v
>
>
>
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