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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. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~