Greetings all,

I have a 1980 450 SL. It is a Gray market unit. Its VIN is WDB10704412
061598.

I located a hose that connects to the air cleaner from the Right Side Valve
Cover. This hose is clamped to the Valve Cover, but is a slip fit to a tube
on the bottom of the air cleaner. On this hose is a small branch line. On
mine there is a small piece of tubing that comes off of this branch. But it
appears to be cut or broken. I have searched for the other end, but no luck.
Does anyone have any idea where this goes?

http://img.eautopartscatalog.com/live/B201015431MEY.JPG is a picture of this
hose.


Thanks,
Bill

1980 450 SL
1984 300D Turbo

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:25:55 GMT, "Bill Pelka" <wjpelka (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

branch line connection. I would just plug it shut.

This is the answer to the question. Thanks to Bjorn, I now have the
answer...and the reason that it was engineered this way...

Bill

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:54:39 +0200
From: "Bjorn Bergum" <bbe (AT) start (DOT) no>
Subject: Re: [SL] 1980 450 SL Air cleaner Hose Question...

Bill,
This is the socalled leak-line.
It has no operational functions.
Its purpose is to take care of leaking fuel in case the
pressure damper (not regulator) developes a leak past its
internal diagframe. Same thing goes for the warm up regulator
which on my car (110 engine) is connected to the same line.
So MB (or Bosch) is anticipating that at some point in time there
may be a leak, and prepare for it by passing it on to the air intake.
The fuel accumulator has a similar system where leaks are passed on to the
fuel pump.

Bjorn Bergum
Oslo Norway
1982 280SL 1978 230C 2001 smart
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