Does this need to be inside my hose???

[Grimvanni25]

So i pulled my valve cover off and the hose that goes to the intake tube split in two at the end. Well after cutting more into it I found a little bristle looking like thinghttp://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/Grimvanni25/Inlethose.jpg. Is this supposed to be in here??????

[silver350z05rb]

Umh.....no? Lol

[Grimvanni25]

LOL just checking didn't think so got this car from a towing company so some things are stock and some aren't and some sadly are rednecked up!!! just wanted some input thanks!

[Mishkin_707]

Yes it's supposed to be in there, dunno why but I had one in the same hose, so I checked both my friends motors they had sitting in the garage and pulled the hoses, cut them open and they both had that bristle thing inside, all three motors were single cams though, have no clue for dual cams, all three looked identical

[silver350z05rb]

wow wtf really?????? never knew that, so odd!!!!

[Grimvanni25]

Yea mines a dual cam s14 KA. Wonder
What purpose it serves??? Haven't read too much into the FSM. Just curious cuz apparently the car was abandoned :( and the guys at the motor company weren't too mechanically inclined...

[silver350z05rb]

perhaps like the tornado intake mods or similar products to make the air spin or come into the engine at a spiral???

[Grimvanni25]

Yea it just trips me out a lil

[Import Convert]

It's called a flame arrester. It's there to prevent the possibility of flames and/or crankcase debris from entering the combustion chamber via the intake. It is listed as part#15296 on CourtesyParts.com
118 Crankcase Ventilation :: Engine Mechanical :: Genuine Nissan Parts :: 240SX Parts (S14) 1995-1998 :: Nissan Parts, NISMO and Nissan Accessories - Courtesyparts.com (http://www.courtesyparts.com/240sx-parts-s14-1995-1998/genuine-nissan-parts/engine-mechanical/118-crankcase-ventilation/-c-3690_3691_3692_3699.html)

[TheRealSy90]

Learn something every day. How weird.

[Grimvanni25]

Thanks import, that makes me feel so much more at ease. I appreciate it!!!

[Import Convert]

Hey no problem man glad to help. I seem to know some of the most random s**t when it comes to S chassis parts. Haha!

[ManoNegra]

Not random, strange, weird, etc.
It's been listed in the FSM since the cars rolled out the factory

[blo0d]

lol at thread... i feel so sr20 old... saw the topic and said bet its the...

[Import Convert]

Not random, strange, weird, etc.
It's been listed in the FSM since the cars rolled out the factory

That's true although I meant it was unusual that I knew what it was off the top of my head. I included the link to show others it was indeed a Nissan part.