ok it is 1 am where i am right now and i am too lazy and tired to look up what this part is in my rx8 and i know its real easy and i deserve all the jokes u want but i just want to know if some one cane exlpain what this is in the engine compartment. lol.

 

[QUOTE=gregger;2216572]ok it is 1 am where i am right now and i am too lazy and tired to look up what this part is in my rx8 and i know its real easy and i deserve all the jokes u want but i just want to know if some one cane exlpain what this is in the engine compartment. lol.

Why do you ask...is there a problem?

 

Why won't people just provide the answer? :p

I personally don't know what that is. Just wanted to vent.

 

air pump

 

Spin9k ... u serious? air pump for what? ... pressurize the fuel tank?

 

maybe the cruise control?

 

....

 

+1 ^^ Indeed the air pump with the wide metal thing on top being its protect. cover/latch.

 

air flux capacitor.

 

Pumps air into the exhaust at warm-up, to light off the catalyst as quick as possible.

Sounds like one of those Dustbuster vacuums - if you hear it run for more than one minute at startup, there could be a problem.


S

(trivia - look at the sign on the wiring connector - check out who made the pump?)

 

heyarnold69 I knew someone would say it.. BTW, that was the one Nicktoon I hated as a kid, I likes most of the others..


Oh, and my contribution:


You put your weed in there, man...

 

so does anyone really know what it is or just guessing is there any website i can look this up with a full read out of parts or just going by what i think it is? so far the winner is air pump. lol.

 

That's what it is....the air pump.
Did you not click on the attachment in the 2nd reply from Spin9k that explained what it was?
And.....StealthTL also told you what it was and what it does.

 

If you don't believe what people tell you and show you, why did you bother to ask in the 1st place?

 

thanks stealthTL & Spink9k. interesting and good to know

 

I knew it was an air pump but I had no idea what it was for.

What exactly do you mean by "light off the cat" ?

 

It takes a couple of minutes for the cat to get to operating temperature. Until that time, pollutants flow past. The air pump sends regular air into the exhaust stream. This speeds up the heating process in the cat and cuts the time when it isn't operational.

 

Now it makes sense. It speeds up the time it takes for the cat to warm up.

Cool, thanks!

 

Is there an advantage to unplug the air pump?

I read somewhere that a guy disconnected it on purpose but never said why.

 

My guess would be if you had a catless midpipe you would'nt need one.

 

I have pointed this out in the past. There are 2 Sign's on that part that is pointed out in the pic, One is a Benz the other is a Shitsu Sign
-Gil

 

That "guy" is unknownautoxer or what ever his name is, with the Trash Bag in his Vatar, He was on the track and trying to save weight. He took a lot of things off his car that day lol
PM him for more info or check out the racing section.
-Gil