elbo hoseleading to nowhere under the intake

[gmyoyo]

Can someone explain to me why there is an large plastic elbo shaped hose/pipe coming out of the bottom of my intake. It's a few inches short of where the intake hooks up to the throttle body. It's short and shaped like a candy cane and hooks right into the bottom of the air intake system. Looks to be like a sump (garbage collector) for anything that might get in there. Or is it a closed connection for something that my runner does not come with.
I'm driving a 97 v6.

 

[jharris2]

Maybe a photo would help?

 

[gmyoyo]

It is a intake silencer. Some refer to it as a I did read up on it and determined that some choose to remove them for a more agressive sound when they 'kick it' in their runners. I am new to the 'under the hood of my own 4runner' cause I just figured it to be to complicated(not sure why though, I have a wrangler also and get under the hood). Now I'm a little more comfortable. I took the intake out to clean it and noticed it the other day. Actually I spotted it while changing the pcv valve and curiosity got the best of me, but the intake did need a good cleaning.

 

[jharris2]

Glad you got it figured out.