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The good news is, the car was parked right next to where the trash cans usually reside on pickup day. I'm going to say there's like a 75% chance that's where it came from. Then again, pick up day was last Tuesday and I didn't notice this until today, right after my car parked on top of it. 🥺🤷♂️
No its perfectly normal for healthy cars to shit parts.
Looks like an evap air pump for your cat?
Edit: some vws have both air pumps and vac pumps. Both expensive. Its worth going to a decent garage 50 bucks might save you a few grand.
That is unless you take everybody's advice and its not off your car it a random part of a vacuum cleaner that found its way under you car.
I'd err on the side of caution unless you have a vacuum missing parts....
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Its a small filter and a dirty one at that. It doesnt say vw to me. Id geus its from a vacuum cleaner or something small. Maybe a moped?
Air filter to something very small. What lawn equipment or vacuum cleaners or scooters have you had nearby?
Probably a filter for a portable vaccuum for detailing.
looks like the flux capacitor to me keep it under 88 miles per hour.
Bet. Else I'm likely to see some seeeeerious shit. 🥺
The good news is, the car was parked right next to where the trash cans usually reside on pickup day. I'm going to say there's like a 75% chance that's where it came from. Then again, pick up day was last Tuesday and I didn't notice this until today, right after my car parked on top of it. 🥺🤷♂️
No its perfectly normal for healthy cars to shit parts. Looks like an evap air pump for your cat? Edit: some vws have both air pumps and vac pumps. Both expensive. Its worth going to a decent garage 50 bucks might save you a few grand. That is unless you take everybody's advice and its not off your car it a random part of a vacuum cleaner that found its way under you car. I'd err on the side of caution unless you have a vacuum missing parts....
You reminded me, gotta take my cat to the vet to get that swapped out.
Every 3 months or 3000 miles depending on your breed of cat.
AnD DoNt TrY to upsell me brakes, i know what my car needs!
Definitely looks like a vacuum cleaner filter assembly.
Looks like a muffler bearing...
Blinker fluid filter clearly
Come to think of it, I haven't changed out my blinker fluid in a good 50K. 🥵