Rubber Boot

[das boots]

Temporary only....duct tape or electrical tape? Wrapped around real tight.

[danewilson77]

Temporary only....duct tape or electrical tape? Wrapped around real tight.

Yup.....that'll work.

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

[MrMaico]

I'd go with a quality electrical tape like 3M over duct tape.

EDIT: RATHER than duct tape. Should have worded that different. :-)

[aurelius]

Re the broken hose pictured in my earlier post, I'm still not clear on what it is or what it does. The motor (E46 325i) runs fine without it, at least for the moment. I'm going to put a vacuum cap on the fitting until I figure out what exactly I need to replace. Seems the hose in question may be #12 in the attached diagram (?).

[BCS_ZHP]

That "F" connector is like $5 at the dealer, the hose is a special diameter and they only sell it in 1 meter lengths, about $25 if I recall correctly. I have some extra of the hose, PM me your address and I'll get some sent to you.
Bruce

[BCS_ZHP]

Relooking at your pic, you didn't bust the "F" connector so just use a razor and cut off that remnant of hose from the "f" connector. And then do the same on the other end as that piece is also hard plastic or metal.

[Nivo]

Removing a set of intake boots from another E46 and in removing the fitting from the upper boot, the smaller of the 2 hoses cracked in half, as pictured below.

My immediate question is whether this will affect drive-ability. I'm assuming it's a fuel vapor hose. It's actually a hard plastic tube, the last 6 or so inches of which is covered in rubber hose in order to attach to the fitting to the boot. The inner plastic hose ID is too small to attach directly to the fitting.

Discuss...

I believe that hose it the one that goes to the fuel pressure regulator. The top one goes to the brake booster suction jet pump. It just lowers fuel pressure at idle up until full throttle.

[aurelius]

Relooking at your pic, you didn't bust the "F" connector so just use a razor and cut off that remnant of hose from the "f" connector. And then do the same on the other end as that piece is also hard plastic or metal.

I did cut it from the F connector's fitting after I shot the photo. Unfortunately, the decayed rubber hose is the only way to join that hard plastic tube to the fitting. The plastic tube is too small for the fitting. It's also not really quite long enough to reach without putting what seems like a bit of stress on that tube. Do you happen to know the inner diameter of that rubber hose? And yes, if you have extra, I'd sure take 4-6 inches if you can spare it.

[BCS_ZHP]

PM'd, I'll mail you some of the hose when I get home tonight.

[BCS_ZHP]

Placed 6" of hose in an envelope tonight and dropped it off at the post office, hopefully you'll see it before the end of the week.