intake pipe
Fluid entry tube
An intake pipe is a tube that carries something into a system—air into an engine, water into a pump, or fluid into a tank.
The term distinguishes pipes that bring material in from those that expel it: The intake pipe was clogged with debris.
Most common in automotive and plumbing contexts.
- inletWater extending into land
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- manifoldMany and various
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
vacuum hose · hose · duct · air filter · flow · fluid flow · engine · engine block · carburetor · throttle body · air · fuel · fuel line · water · water pump · valve · filter · flange
flow direction
intake pipeexhaust pipe
Rear automotive emissions conduit
discharge pipe · exhaust · drain pipe · vent pipe · waste pipe
system function
intake pipeexhaust manifold
Engine's waste gas collector
tailpipe · smokestack · flue · chimney · sewer line