swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
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Hi all,
On the eco-tec (1.4) what type of paint is reccommended to paint it as would like to but due to excessive heat and all i personally doubt normal paint would be up to the task!
Any advice on this would be great!
Cheers
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Dave-Creations
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Registered: 28th Dec 06
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Hammerite did the job for me, used it on teh brake calipers too.
[Edited on 09-01-2008 by Dave-Creations]
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luke85
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Registered: 26th Nov 07
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The inlet manifold gets so hot on these because of the heated throttle, bypass that and it wont be anywhere near as hot
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Dave-Creations
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mine doesnt seem to get that hot anyway. they dont get hot enough to burn u if u caught off it
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swill_omnibus
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Hammerite! Ah right shall have to get some ! Didn't think that would do it! Will do 2.o litre calipers when i get those!
How can you bypass the throttle??
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luke85
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If you take the throttle out there are 2 water pipes to it, one is fed from the engine (cant remember exactly where, its been ages!) and the other goes to the top of the header tank. ust extend the water supply one and run it straight to the header tank, the same place the water used to go but now doesnt go through the throttle
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ainsley_brader
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the water feed to the throttle isnt going to be the cause of a warm inlet manifold. I would leave the pipes well alone tbh!
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swill_omnibus
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If anything the water feed will cool it wouldn't it?
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ainsley_brader
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well its not designed to cool it its designed to heat it but tbh once its upto running temperature i doubt it makes much difference
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luke85
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the water is at 90+ degrees so it wont cool it, most people never reconnect them (me included) when they fit better inlets so it certainly does no harm. the colder the better!
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swill_omnibus
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Ah right i get ya now! Had me bearing wrong way around lol
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