Ea888 intake hose

[travs]

Hi all,

bought a silicone intake hose a little while back but waiting for warranty to expire. Now that has, I was looking to swap but have noticed the following pipe spur into the bottom of it that isn’t on the replacement. Is it a sump breather? I can’t see facility to plug it into any replacements so what do people do with it?

 

[ApertureS]

Based on your engine cover you have an EA888 gen 4 engine, chances are the intake pipe you purchased is for a gen 3 engine and id assume it is different to your gen 4 engine. 

 

The Gen 3 has a spur on the top side of the plastic elbow that goes into the turbo, this looks specific to the gen4, possibly a SAI system or a breather for the engine would be my guess.

[travs]

Yeah that looks like it AS. None of the suppliers I can see mention the gen4 until I spotted reference to the Mk8 golfs. 
Cheers for confirming.