iv just installed my oil cooler and oil temp gauge, took car for spin around block 3 times and the oil temp rose to 180 deg!!?? dont know if iv wired the gauge up wrong and its givin up a faulty reading. only thing i can think of is that the braided cooler lines are too close to exhaust?? here are some pics.'
Sure looks close to the exhaust. Looks like a neat job although the oil lines running to the cooler might get something flick up off the road and rip them , is there any way of running them through the bay to protect them better.Can the filter tree or the braided lines be turned away from the exhaust a bit to give a bigger air gap. If the car is a factory trubo is it possible to run the lines to the original pickup spot ?. Cheers Dave
good point,,.,.. dosnt say on the gauge. its a calibre one. now that u say it tho i think it is in farenheight. gauge starts on 140deg and finishes at 300 deg. so farenheit to celcius conv is 60c to 150.......wouldnt make sense having it 140deg celcius - 300deg would it
ok its farenheight. dosnt say it anywhere on the gauge tho,, scared me. got drift prac pretty much straight away after work tomoz, cheers guys
Gee M8, your asking for trouble with those lines running under everything like that. I know its easier...but. Secondly, you can use some right angled hydraulic fittings which will move those hoses right away from where they are. That bent hose running close to the dump is bound to fail eventually. E
Or better still, can you not rotate the sandwich plate? Guessing not, because that would be too easy.
Your better off running those oil lines over the bonnet if your running them outside the chassis. More bling too.
Gunna get a right angle fitting for the hose at sandwitch plate. can't rotate sandwitch plate either, gunna make up a cover for lines but not too worried at the moment
What the hell is going to happen to the lines there? they're next to the front wheels. for those that don't know, having wheels either side of a part of a car means you can't bottom it out there.
haha. yeah sorta seems that way, i can see it being a big problem if they were dangling but clipped should b sweet
Bottoming out isn't the issue unless it's offload or kerbs. Problem is foreign object damage. There's a reason all old cars have pin holes and small dents littered throughout the undercarriage. Small rocks and whatever flick up and get smashed. It's a risky move putting it unshielded so close to the road. I wouldn't even have considered it unless as an emergency.
What HE said. No, you "cant" really see any dramas with a setup like that until you actually get one. Anti. So youve never gone over a speed hump just a little too fast and never bottomed on the hump or never flicked a decent stick up under your car eh?......... Ohhhhh-kaaay....... I know my zed has plenty of scrapes right where those lines are attached to the underside.... Gibbon's a brave man running those lines that way. newhoo, its his toy. E
