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Re: [T3] Full flow oil hose routing ?


On 1 Jun 2006 at 22:45, Matthew Jones wrote:

> Below the heat exchanger puts it at risk of abrasion/puncture : they  
> would have to loop lower than the HE gravel guards.
> Between the lower HE and upper HE there is a fist sized gap, but then  
> everything is very close to the head, i.e. hot, and I'd need some  
> rigid bracket to keep the hoses away from the exhaust.

I agree that routing them under the HEs is a bad idea.

On late engines, the rear crossbar makes a good place to put the 
filter base. I think there are some photos of how I do mine 
somewhere; maybe they're on Russ's site.

Routing them that way puts the hoses in the path of the hot exhaust 
air, but the hose itself isn't very thermally conductive so I doubt 
if this heats up the oil significantly. The filter itself is 
outboard, so it gets cooled, and this also allows the whole assembly 
to drop in and out of the car as a unit.

You can also do this on earlier cars if you use a late case and add 
the rear crossbar. The crossbar won't attach to anything other than 
the filter and the case, but that doesn't really cause any problems.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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