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i cant figure out a name for it, i have broken the plastic piece that connects the hose onto it while i was trying to change the hoses sometime ago, i did a quick fix with it but now its stuffed and need a new one. it is located at the back of the inlet manifold being the closest to it. if you look at whilst your standing behind the drivers side guard, you will notice it has a mitsubishi logo the hose leads to a gold ringed black dome looking thing near the throttle body, the more throttle applied, the more this part sucks in air.

just curious on a few things, since i have noticed this hose off hevn has alot of carbon buildup on the bumper, could this be the ecu making the engine run really rich because of a vaccum leak, or is it because of the vaccum leak itself?

p.s i'll post a pic when i can find my damn camera usb

Its the solenoid that controls VRIS

The gold ringed black thing is the VRIS actuator.
Two things, your sucking in unfiltered/unmetered air .... big no no
secondly, the VRIS will be reducing the air the motor is getting as it defaults to long runner resonance

Worst of all is the dirty air going in the motor.

Check your cylinder compression as it may have worn the rings our (causing the black smoke). Although black is indicative of to much fuel or not enough air (I'd bet on the latter)

Woo wrote:The gold ringed black thing is the VRIS actuator.
Two things, your sucking in unfiltered/unmetered air .... big no no
secondly, the VRIS will be reducing the air the motor is getting as it defaults to long runner resonance

Worst of all is the dirty air going in the motor.

Check your cylinder compression as it may have worn the rings our (causing the black smoke). Although black is indicative of to much fuel or not enough air (I'd bet on the latter)

thanks for the heads up woo, i washed the car on saturday and didnt see anything around my exhaust, but xhonda_boy spotted it sunday morning, maybe it was the water in the zorst that did it, it has been popping a bit, i think i have a burnt cat too.

where can i get a new one, mazda parts dealer i guess, whats it actually called?

18-741C Valve, Solenoid

Yep, Mazda dealer or possibly a wrecker

thanks woo, your the man

Just returning the favor