It is a 87 Syncro manual.
I tried to trace where that hose was going to but with no luck.
It drives fine without it except maybe a whistling noise when I
accelerate at a certain pace.

I will try the plug then

Greg.

On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Chris Lisica wrote:

> If I had to say, I'd say it's a non-stock VW part installed by a
> previous owner. Of course, if you are the only owner, then I'm
> wrong. ETKA only shows a cover cap that is supposed to go there (PN
> 025101109B). What in the world does that hose go to? I've never
> seen a hose going to that hole, but then again, I am by far the
> expert. The hole is there to access the bolts that hold the plate
> (don't know tech name) to the torque converter. I just used it the
> other day for that purpose!
>
> chris
>
> On Nov 9, 2007 7:43 AM, Greg <bourongregoire@qwest.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While changing the heads of my car, I accidentally (of course) broke
> this little white plastic "L" shape part. See Link for pictures.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/fatandFrank/Vanagon
> To order a new one, I then looked in the Bentley to find its name,
> nothing...
> I emailed a VW specialist part store with those pictures, still
> nothing...
> Maybe someone here can help me?
> Does anyone know what is it, what is its name and what is the part
> number?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg.
>
>
>
> --
> Chris
> 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
> 87 Westfalia (in progress)