IIRC, the clear hose goes to the fitting on the front top of the air filter
assembly.
That's above the filter isn't it?  It is a small hole if it has been
unfiltered all this time, though...........

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Daniel - Shazam" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: Clear hose from top of air filter box

> It's a evaporative system hose, it goes to the evap canister.
>
> It depends on if you drive in dust a lot or not.
> This time of year that's unlikely, depending on where you live of course.
> Most likely, no harm done.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Wesley Pegden
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 9:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Clear hose from top of air filter box
>
> When I was in my engine compartment earlier, I noticed that the clear
> hose coming off the top of the air filter box was disconnected.  I'm not
> sure how long it's been like this.
>
> 2 questions:
> 1) where does this hose go?  I couldn't figure this out looking through
> the bentley
> 2) I guess this essentially means I've been running on unfiltered air
> for probably quite a while.  How bad is this??
>
> Thanks for any tips,
> Wes
> '83.5 westy vanagon
>