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960 - Mystery part under my bonnet! Not connected to anything, what is it?

Hi,

I bought a Volvo 960 3L 24v last week and when I looked under the bonnet (it's overheating...but I'll come to that in another post) I noticed that I have a black unit which is disconnected from the electrics, and looks like it should have a pipe coming from it.

I know virtually nothing about cars (I'm trying to learn fast) so I've no clue what it would be. What I do know is that photos of other 960s show the unit connected to something on top of the engine, something that mine doesn't have.

Here is a picture of another 960 with the part I have, and the other bits that I don't have, labelled:

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have tried to buy a Haynes manual but they don't appear to print onefor the 960. Is there another variant which has the same engine, etc? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Simon

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The motor driven unit is the secondary air pump which pumps fresh air into the exhaust for upto around 30seconds at cold start to improve emissions and cat-light up time. The hose ducts the air to the anti-back-fire valve which is the silver unit ontop of the exhaust manifold.

tim..

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Tim..

Thanks a lot for the reply. Is it a major problem that my car doesn't appear to have the anti-back-fire valve or any plumbing from the secondary air pump?

Thanks again

Simon

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Simon960

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