Jellybean Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hey I have some Braid dash 10 Oil lines running from the oil Filter (Located in the Carbon Canister location) to the sandwich plate ; The lines do touch against some grounding cables ,in particular the earth cable running to the battery in the boot Is it good practice to put a thermal sleeve on the oil lines ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Considering the line out of the block to the cooler could be seeing temps over 90+ then I would imagine it's probably a good idea, not like a bit of sleeving just to cover the ground cables is going to hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mark Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) Sorry for the random question but why do you have an earth running from under the bonnet to the battery in the boot? Surely you just earth the battery to the nearest suitable point in the boot? I'm moving my battery soon, hence the query. Edited August 15, 2016 by Big Mark (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Sorry not an earth , power cable to the alternator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mark Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Ah, makes sense now. Can you re-route cables away from hot pipes? or use clips to separate the 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Ah, makes sense now. Can you re-route cables away from hot pipes? or use clips to separate the 2? I did as best I can but its tight down the side of the intake , think I will just thermal sleeve a few items and put a small piece of rad piping around the braided line to keep it up off the cable and minimise thermal transfer Insulation on the cables is a few mm thick but rather have them heat protected for piece of mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Not quite sure what your worried about, if its just the touching/abrasion of the power cable, just use some rubber/foam sleeve, the braided oil pipes will not pick up heat due to the fact that the oil is moving, and its already at 90-100c anyway, and if your seeing under bonnet temps of more than the oil temp you need to address this anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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