Newbie with a few HDI queries

[td163]

Hi guys please humor me I've only owned the HDI about a week and this is my first diesel car. Today I have been doing alot of work on the car and came across 2 things that to me didn't seem rite, if anyone can advice me I'd greatly appreciate it.

1) there is a hose thin hose attached below the tap looking thing just to the left of my arrow which went straight to the floor and I was trying to figure out if it's a breather pipe or it has come undone from someware?





2) near where the gearbox meets the engine I found this which again in my newbie HDI mind looked wrong and imo it looks like it should be shielded? Looks like a big cog from what I could see.

[shervo]

Both fine, the pipe is for when you drain your filter bowl when changing the fuel filter. The 'big cog' is the flywheel(ring gear).

[Jimbo]

Top one is just the drain for the fuel filter housing.
And the lower is just normal mate

[td163]

Awesome good to know guys! I don't think I have seen part of he flywheel exposed on any of my past cars lol. I just cable tied the pipe a bit neater at the bottom of the car too.

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Thank you