Hi all should this pipe highlighted in red run warm ? And can its be deleted out of the system ? Credit for the picture to life on cars paul

 

yes can be deleted, it directs sound into the cabin.
it gets hot cause its above the engine.

 

I had to search in the Jag service manwell to find the thing - not much to say from the manwell - so I did a google:

An engine air intake resonator is a critical component in your car’s intake system. It reduces air pressure in your engine, improves RPMs, and muffles the noise caused by your engine.

Full discussion:

https://getjerry.com/car-repair/air-...take-resonator

 

You are referring to a totally different component here , the pipe in reference simply 'pumps' acoustic noise into the cabin it isn't a air intake at all.

 

So where is that described in the workshop manual Steve?

 

It's called a symphonator (something like that...) and channels some intake air to modulate a sounder along the firewall and direct sound into the cabin. It's O/K to plug it; has no effect on intake path (as long as it's closed off...). I plugged mine - unlike most, I wanted a quieter cabin environment.

 

Symposer?

 

Sympossible to find in the Jag service manwell I have for the 4.2

However in a document I found on da web for the 5 litre ingine:

Historically, motor manufacturers have focused on reducing the level of engine acoustics within the cabin. Development engineers have deliberately accentuated the acoustic feedback into the cabin in an effort to further increase the driving experience. An integral part of this development, and a first for JLR, is the introduction of a symposer into the engine air intake system of the SC engine. The symposer accentuates V8 engine acoustics and then feeds them into the cabin.

http://www.jagrepair.com/images/Trai...%204-15-09.pdf

 

The Symposer came in with the AJ133 (5.0 V8) in 2009 and was also whacked on the AJ126 V6 when it came out in 2012.
It was never used on the 4.0 and 4.2 litre AJV8, instead those engines had a gadget called a "bark tube" which like the Symposer was used to pump induction noise into the cabin.
I'm fairly sure the pipe/hose in question is part of the bark tube.

 

Thanks to all for the replys ? I am going to delete mine one less pipe lol