A little bit cleaner
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No idea where that came from but it could certainly impede air flow.
I didn't see it at first, I tapped the pipe and it spun round, at that point it was obstructing about half the bore of the inlet. It's been in there a while. I've owned this vehicle 3 years, odd it's never shown up before.
 
Looks like that's the animal. I need to look at the pipe to see if it has degraded to allow that ring to be drawn further into it. Thanks Ovalanderover, I would have definitely missed that.
 
Looks like that's the animal. I need to look at the pipe to see if it has degraded to allow that ring to be drawn further into it. Thanks Ovalanderover, I would have definitely missed that.
Yes definitely the metal ring from the air inlet pipe. The section it was supposed to be in was no longer round having developed a flat section, I'm thinking that this would have acted like a hole or split in the inlet pipe hence crappy performance. Obviously my eyes are painted on as didn't see it when stripping it down. Hey ho I'll reassemble the thing abd see what happens. I'll let you know.
 
Yes definitely the metal ring from the air inlet pipe. The section it was supposed to be in was no longer round having developed a flat section, I'm thinking that this would have acted like a hole or split in the inlet pipe hence crappy performance. Obviously my eyes are painted on as didn't see it when stripping it down. Hey ho I'll reassemble the thing abd see what happens. I'll let you know.

Easy to see when you know what you are looking for.
 

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