Oil return touching exhaust bracket

[A L 3 X]

Bit concerned about this bracket touching my oil return rubber pipe given how tempremental they are, what do people suggest or would one of deans silicone pipes be able to withstand this better:

cheers

[Hawwy]

Itl b ok

[micky boy]

Hmm i wouldnt like that at all!!! dont forget the engine moves back and forth and if that splits your oil is going to gush out of your sump!!! Why is it that close in the first place?

But then again just thinking about it it dose all stay still as the bracket is atached to the engine! see if you can move it over just to be on the safe side

Edited August 18, 2012 by micky boy

[_shaun_]

id get one of deans hoses tbh i had my return split twice both were replacement toyota iteams. roads down this way are pretty bad but a good quality hose is well worth the money just for the safety of your engine

[Hawwy]

Go on ebay put in 19mm oil 90 it will come up 9-10 including p and p

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270767811475&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=29762507217

[A L 3 X]

That's how it's always been as far as I'm aware? Standard bracket?

Yeah I'll get one of them hoses but is that deffo the right one?

[akyakapotter]

Shouldn't be like that mate should be a gap between it

[micky boy]

Sure mines not that close but then again i've never realy checked! i will be now though lol

[james@cjperformance]

Im guessing you have an aftermarket mani that movea the position of the standard turbo? Thatl be your problem

[A L 3 X]

Why not lol obviously the oil return can't move and connect and I doubt the bracket can?

N nope, standard mani just race tech oil feed?

[glanzagee]

put another clip around it where its rubbing temp

[A L 3 X]

I'm gonna see if I can move the bracket tomorrow but I don't understand why its touching in the first place :/

Gonna order a return pipe off dean as soon as he replys

[Hawwy]

Ther exact one like in the link

[A L 3 X]

Ah right, Ill order it off dean anyway if he replies soon as his delivery times are usually spot on, I'd rather pay the extra for that, unless you can collect from that company on a Sunday haha

[akyakapotter]

take the bracket off i dont have one anymore

[Hawwy]

U can on monday right next door to me and u can see my v

[micky boy]

Is that bracket not for the decat though? i wouldnt be happy with all that weigh hanging just on my manifold!!! Will crack it in no time also even worse could crack the stood on the head! And we all know how week the heads can be on these cars! thats just me though a bracket is there for a reason

[akyakapotter]

Is that bracket not for the decat though? i wouldnt be happy with all that weigh hanging just on my manifold!!! Will crack it in no time also even worse could crack the stood on the head! And we all know how week the heads can be on these cars! thats just me though a bracket is there for a reason

It's obsolete for my set up braced off the gearbox now

[A L 3 X]

take the bracket off i dont have one anymore

My exhaust front pipe is braced from that mate, as with the standard, and due to fujitsubo exhausts not having a flexi in I assume this helps it not to break.

U can on monday right next door to me and u can see my v

That's a pretty good idea mate but I'm back at work Monday unfortunately

Is that bracket not for the decat though? i wouldnt be happy with all that weigh hanging just on my manifold!!! Will crack it in no time also even worse could crack the stood on the head! And we all know how week the heads can be on these cars! thats just me though a bracket is there for a reason

As aky said mines braced from the gearbox as its zisco, however the thin bracket bolted to the bottom is what my front pipe clamps around to brace that, and as you say, that's there for a reason.

Anyone fancy taking a pic of there bracket to show how it should sit?

[jezza]

There's only one way the bracket bolts to the block. Moving the bracket might upset the exhaust position. If it's only the oil feed that is not OE then I would start my search there. Perhaps the oil return pipe is sitting at an angle?

You could use some spiral wrap as a means of protection until you find a better fix.

[akyakapotter]

Mine was to my blitz there but I'm sure the zisco is holding it up nicely

[A L 3 X]

I'd rather not remove the bracket just in case

And yeah I thought that I really can't understand this, anyone else suggest anything? There's loads of people with these oil feeds and no problems :/

[james@cjperformance]

Coild you take a wider angle pic at all? Something is not right there which is causing it to touch

[A L 3 X]

Will do in ten mate

[A L 3 X]

Heres a few pics of how it was form different angles:

So, out came the Dremel:

Before realising that the bolt holes allow some room for adjustment with the bracket, which gave me this:

Is that as much room as standard or should there still be more? It was the movement of the bracket which has given the most space as I only took a couple of mm off the brasckets to stop it touching for now.

I am however wondering if I should remove the brsacket all together as having the exhaust clamped to a brace is causing this, is this gonna cause early failure of the exhaust or is it ok?

Finally, whils under there I noticed this light oil misting, it seems to be coming from above the oil filter and the rocker gover gasket was recently changed, so unless its from before or its after me spilling during oil changes, any ideas?