Corrugated tube hanging down?

[12ORY]

Okay folks, I have a length of black corrugated tube hanging from the underside of the engine bay and I have no idea what it is for. The car is a 182. Doesnt seem to have any wire running through it and is hanging near the passenger fog light and comes from somewhere near the battery. Went to Renault today and one of the mechanics said it was a breather pipe for the battery but I thought all batteries were sealed nowadays?? Any ideas what it is?

 

[Mark5290]

There is a small diameter black corrugated breather tube that comes from the top of the battery (ecu end) and runs under the fuse/relay box, and down the inside of the wing/chassis, is it causing a problem?.

Most modern car batteries are sealed, but when a battery is charging they give off hydrogen gas so the breather tube is probably for that.

 

[TheCake]

breather pipe for the battery....

Sorry mate... but..

WHAT THE f**k? LOL

I've never seen anything like that mate.

 

[kully]

breather pipe for the battery....

Sorry mate... but..

WHAT THE f**k? LOL

I've never seen anything like that mate.

lol..........me confused 2:quiet:

 

[W3STY]

I reckon a full blown cold air feed to the battery is worth 15BHP on a good day.
I know when you charge rechargeable batteries at home they get hot whilst charging. Keeping them cool only goes to improve the performance.:rasp:

 

[kully]

I reckon a full blown cold air feed to the battery is worth 15BHP on a good day.
I know when you charge rechargeable batteries at home they get hot whilst charging. Keeping them cool only goes to improve the performance.:rasp:

misinformed there m8........only 10bhp as the warm battery electrical flow a major problem with the later models ....................lol:quiet:

 

[W3STY]

misinformed there m8........only 10bhp as the warm battery electrical flow a major problem with the later models ....................lol:quiet:

Sh*te sorry m8 forgot about that...... It's a fair point, my mistake lol

 

[kully]

Sh*te sorry m8 forgot about that...... It's a fair point, my mistake lol

lol:rasp:

 

[ant]

going from the area you said it sound like a cold air feed?

 

[Guy]

some motorbikes have breather tubes on the edge of their batteries.. he he.. not many car batteries have them though!

may be fog light wiring?

 

[thedoc]

going from the area you said it sound like a cold air feed?

it does sound like the cold air feed, but is it that long? Could it reach that far down?

 

[blink172]

Cold air feed come loose and just hanging there now? Might want to post some pics to help us

 

[12ORY]

I will post pics up tomorrow. It is just long enough to drag along the ground. I initially thought fog lights as its the same tubing that contains the wires for the fog lights as I fitted fog lights in my 1.2 clio a few years back. However there is no wire running through it.

 

[Blue4Ever]

It sounds like the tube that holds the wires to the fog IMO. It might be split or something or come off somehow.

 

[ant]

what diameter is it?