Strange Pipe ????????

-- 997 -- · 29 Apr 2017

I took out me battery last night to charge and when i went back to my garage this morning to fit the battery i noticed this pipe sitting loose, it looks like a vacuum pipe but its at the front battery area, anyone knows where this pipe connects to?

Cheers

J

Chris_in_the_UK · 29 Apr 2017

Looks like the battery breather?

-- 997 -- · 29 Apr 2017

Chris_in_the_UK said:
Looks like the battery breather?

Battery breather? Cos i have a BOSCH battery fitted i dont rememberr seeing anything connected apart from its terminals.. does it have to be fitted somewhere or just left loose?

Cheers

J

Chris_in_the_UK · 29 Apr 2017

Could be a remnant from a previous battery I suspect.

Alfaian · 29 Apr 2017

Wash/wipe part or old part?

Martian · 29 Apr 2017

Pretty sure that's the battery breather. My Bosch S5 has one, slots into the top/side plug.

rob_p · 30 Apr 2017

Defo battery breather and I also think it should plug in on Bosch battery - have a good,look around for a similar sized hole (or a plug to remove?).

inchyra · 30 Apr 2017

Pretty important I believe. 997 Battery placement is such that any fumes generated by the battery during charging are drawn into the car ventilation system. That pipe fitting goes into a hole in the side of the battery at the top ( that will have a plug in on a new battery ) to vent the fumes out of the car.

Zingari · 30 Apr 2017

Battery breather. There will be a small hole in the top edge of one/both ends of the battery normally in line with the cell sealed plugs. You fit the breather to one side and there will be a plug to blank off the opposite side hole which can be swapped around dependent on where the pipe is :thumb:

deMort · 30 Apr 2017

As mentioned its the standard battery breather , the T piece on the end will unplug and whats left is normally fitted to most aftermarket batterys.

rob_p · 30 Apr 2017

Checked earlier.... on the Bosch it is next to the +be terminal.
As demort says, there may be a plug that needs to be removed but it will fit.

-- 997 -- · 30 Apr 2017

Hi guys thanks very much for all feedback ,i will check tomorrow and fit the pipe as imstructed, now ..... hear this,,well read this, as i fitted the battery yesterday my son was with me so placed the batterh in its tray then asken my son to tighten the terminals whilst i was off to do something else on car, so he fitted the Negative terminal and tightened it amd then the Postitive terminal... then i heard an arc / spark sound and then a slow hissing sound and i thought what the @uck, walked around to the front and looked up at me son whos almost 6ft at the age of 16 and i asked what did you do, he accidently shorted the positive terminal on to chassis via the air condtion bleed nipple pipe, and i only recently had X2 aircond rads and a fresh regass which was stone cold, anyway i went to East London Porsche Stealers and with a discount of 10% i paid £180 for a bit of pipe, .... hows about that then for one second of mistake.... :nooo:

J

Martian · 1 May 2017

Always remove the negative first when removing a battery, attach negative last when installing a new battery!

-- 997 -- · 1 May 2017

Martian said:
Always remove the negative first when removing a battery, attach negative last when installing a new battery!

Exactly ! As an ex car electrician its what i always do. My son has removed car batteries before but dont think in smaller confined spsces . An expensive mistake ive got to pay !!

J

deMort · 1 May 2017

He was actually very lucky , if the spanner had touched the bodywork properly it would have glowed red hot in his hands pretty dam quick .. also a spark next to a battery is bad .. ive seen batterys explode and once in a persons face .. not a pleasent memory .

Still .. leasson learned .. i blame both the leads being black .

Also .. if your an Ex auto electrician then you dont need me replying to your posts , so more time for computer gameing for me

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