Part ID required please

[rapidtornado]

Hi
Whilst modifying my manifold I managed to snap off what lloks like a plastic valve of some kind on the EFI inlet manifold.

Can anyone identify the correct description for this part (in the pic attached) and where I could get a replacement? It looks as if it maybe just a press/retian fit in the housing

Thanks
Matt

[flyerncle]

Could be the vacuum take off for the brake servo ,not needed if it is.

[David_17]

That was my first impression too.

[Enoch]

Yes, it's a blanking plug. Don't think it was for the servo, my car was fitted with a servo but it had one of those blanking plugs too. Think it may have been some sort of test port? You don't need it anyways.

[rapidtornado]

Thanks gents, so with a blank hole there at the moment and no thread to screw a blanking plug into what do you recommend as it just a 7mm hole at the moment....?!?!

[les g]

tap it to m8
a bit of loctite or thread sealant and it shouldn,t leak air or fall out
i know the purists will be along in a minute and say you need a 6.8mm
hole for m8 but but if you have a tight 7mm hole i,d have a go at that
after all you are just blanking a hole
if you are really keen go the next size up and drill and tap m10 with a fine pitch etc
but i know what i would try first
cheers
les g

[rapidtornado]

Cheers Les, good call I'll double check the hole dia. and tap out to the nearest thread

[drury318]

You will probably find it is for a servo pipe, although if blanked off you may have a car with abs?, the fitting is usually a quick release coupling which you push a release collar to let the pipe come free, or the blanking plug whichever is fitted. If the collar is still in there it may grab a piece of hard plastic servo pipe from most fords which can then be blanked off.

Dennis

[Enoch]

I just glued the plug thingy in with araldite. You could plug the hole with chemical metal, which is a lot easier than drilling and tapping.

[David_17]

I was going to suggest chemical metal too. It's what i used for the injector holes on my throttle bodies.

I found the putty type works alot better than the stuff in a tube. :)