[Chris2007]

I need a new one. I also need to replace the uim gasket.

But at this present moment have neither the time nor place to do it.

This pipe intrigues me (for reasons other then it's spraying water - yes water. This is a 2nd hand vehicle). A hose off the thermal bypass pipe attaches to it, all for the pleasure of having it routed under the plenum, just to seemingly come out under it on the driver's side (and goes into the block?).

Therefore I wondered, although it's pretty tight in there, if it was possible to cut the pipe (underneath the throttle body - can you believe
what I'm contemplating! - and bypass it w/a rubber.hose? The possibility of pulling it off - OH DO I WANT TO PULL IT OFF - is a long shot even in my esstimation. What I'm wondering is if there's any unknown ancillary cooling purposes for this pipe, or, as best as I can determine looking at pictures in the Haynes manual, is it's sole purpose to join the bypass pipe to the block entry point?

Thanks in advance.