Air intake valve??

[taylor172]

Hi every1,

I have a 2002 Clio 172 sport and im trying 2 install a pipercross viper induction kit but havin problems removing the old stuff. I removed the old air box and ducting but came 2 the air intake valve, down behind the headlight connect 2 the horn bracket onto the bumper.

Has any1 removed this valve and is it an easy process???

 

[Smokey]

Im confused mate, have you got any pics of what your on about?

On mine all I had was the cold air feed going to the OE airbox, with a bend going to the throttle body with a breather pipe coming off of the bend.

I removed the cold air feed, undid the 2 bolts holding the airbox in place, loosened the jubilee clips holding the pipe work to the airbox, and replaced with Viper I/K and appropriate cold air feed.

 

[len_beach]

Is this the stupid thing that only opens above 20mph? I am wanting to remove this. Is it a difficult process to get to? Apparently you need to leave it plugged in or it throws up a fault code.

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah remove it, its crap, undo the 13mm nut holding the horn on, it'll come off quite easily (you then have to block off the vaccum feed from the inlet)