It's got to be safer routing them around the other side of the engine than risking having a leaking fuel pipe right next to a red hot exhaust manifold.
If they don't ever leak no worries but who can guarantee that
I have my header pipes (2)
are without protection, the copper fuel line runs above it with some distance of some 200mm.
woudl this be a problem?
the fuelpipe doesn´t get warm by any meaning...
but i feel that it would need a bit more attention anyone tips?
where can i buy the bandage? on e-bay??
I'd probably avoid doing this just in case the fuel pipes ever leak.
It's got to be safer routing them around the other side of the engine than risking having a leaking fuel pipe right next to a red hot exhaust
manifold.
If they don't ever leak no worries but who can guarantee that
I would reroute as you may get vapour locks.
would be a real pain in the axxe!
because then i need to redrill the P-Clips etc.. think i can go better then untherneath them.
sow if there will drop fuel it will drop on to the groundwards!!
anyway if it will leak, the fuel due to pressure of the pump will spray like hell
saying that i like the tip.
I will put the tubes in a extra tube, sow in case fuel sprays it wont drop onto the exhaust.
the exhaust will be wrapped in the bandage...
the real problem is that i have a V engine sow at both sides i have header pipes...
Tks
[Edited on 9/6/06 by tks]
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Originally posted by tks
I will put the tubes in a extra tube, sow in case fuel sprays it wont drop onto the exhaust.
[Edited on 9/6/06 by tks]
Yep. Fuel wont ignite when dropped on a hot exhaust - it will just evaporate. Go on try it... brake fluid will ignite if sprayed onto a hot surface
though.
Your main problem will be evaporation of the fuel from the pipe while the car is standing after a run. You could always just route the fuel pipe up
the other side of the engine and back around the front of the engine...
David