This hose connects the heat stove on the exhaust manifold to the air mixture box for the fresh air intake. The hose on my car was worse off. Any auto parts store will carry a compatable hose to replace this part. However all the new hoses I've seen are black. Myself, when I did have this assembly in place, the black looked much more suttle. But if you're a stickler for originality, the silver hose is the proper color. -Robert vin 6585 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "guess" <scottymckenzie@xxxx> wrote: > > I've recently purchased a dmc-12 and have a question about > a rusty hole in a pipe in the engine. Here is a picture of the spot > if anyone can look at it and identify the part or problem... > > http://www.geocities.com/xcowboybabyx/motor.jpg > > TIA