ok, over the years ive noticed many renault 5's with simplied engine bays, these often having relocated water circuits, and the oil breathers setup simplied down to 1 or 2 hoses..
I just wondered if folks fancy posting a few pics as at the moment mine is very cluttered and i just feel its an epic mission to sort things when they go wrong.
a good example being marks campus
JRP that's a mess.............sort it out.
Sorry sirOriginally Posted by J8TRO
thats better jrp, less is more
thats better jrp, less is more
I like what you did there..............
I just started with the simple things :
Removed Anti-perc fan and wiring
Removed overboost wiring
Removed most of the actuator piping
All unshielded wiring placed in convoluted tubing
All wiring from centre of bulkhead is attached to the bracket on the side of the head
OE water system and breather system seem tidy enough for me
love it. looks smart
Looks verry nice, I'm guna make my bay more oe
That does look pretty good, makes mine look grubby
If you think the campus is tidy you wait for the volvo 5, i've been working on it now for the past 2 weekends. All will be reveiled when i update the project thread.
About flippin time!
I know mate!About flippin time!
Its been a while since i've touched it so i've pulled it apart and gone over everything and changing bits i'm wasn't really happy with.
Engine bay is being given a bit of a revamp
get some piccys up
I will do mate once i've made abit more progress, i'll stick them in the prject thread for the red 5.get some piccys up
ace
mark, in that pic wheres all the oil breather system, there seems to be no oil pot, and no breathers off the back of the inlet, car to share
The oil breather pot and pipework from back of inlet manifold (plus one-way valve) has all gone. I've simplified it to have the breather straight out the rocker into the catch tank, if i get any probs i'll mod a fitting into the blanking plate on the front of the engine to go to the other catch tank outlet.mark, in that pic wheres all the oil breather system, there seems to be no oil pot, and no breathers off the back of the inlet, car to share
thats mine, really should update the pics
was looking at yours yesterday jimmy, really tidy, , again another one of interest, have you also pretty much removed all the oil breathing sid eof things, cant really tell in that pic.
heres a more up to date pic.
ive still got my std breather system, i have a catch tank but feel it would be too much in the engine bay
You can get rid of loads of stuff - run the breather system open, like the cup cars. You may have trouble come MOT time. Lose loads of water pipes too. I didn't run any to the carb or turbo.
ah thats a point, never realised there wasnt any to the carb in most the pics.. I presume its more for cold climates where they suffer carb freeze etc.
The hoses to the carb base didn't really make much difference to running in cold. That was mainly down to my intercooler stuffed in the grill.
just trying to work out exactly what you do to loose all them oil breather hoses, and the oil pot, as surely your left with the pipe it sits on that returns back to the sump
You can run the pipes from rocker cover and sump into a pot. Fuk the rest of the sh1t off.
Can even block the sump off and just run out the rocker. Depends how much your engine wants to breath.
I presume you then also have to block the inlet up at the back.. In my books id prefer less stuff in the bay so i can keep a better eye on what matters
Cant remember mate - I've had a few...
have you looked in the carb inlet and outlets, most are so corroded its a wonder if any water travels through.... alot of are cars have moved on from daily drivers to weekend and fair weather, mine wont be out in the bitter cold and if i am getting some freeze i'll cardboard the intercooler..
place it in a cornflake box....have you looked in the carb inlet and outlets, most are so corroded its a wonder if any water travels through.... alot of are cars have moved on from daily drivers to weekend and fair weather, mine wont be out in the bitter cold and if i am getting some freeze i'll cardboard the intercooler..
my bay
Markey, what have you used to block the sump breather? Also, is that a knock sensor bolted to the head, near the actuator?
I love threads like this, its amazing what different people can do with there engine bay! Krissy M has a really nice empty engine bay!
My bay, needs a litte tidy up and only recently added the oil seperator pot back in situ
Last edited by James5; 23-09-2010 at 23:41.
Almost back to how you had it before james
Getting there still a few more things to change in the engine itself
lovely engine bay dude just a question where does the blue breather pipe off the carb go? looks as though it heads to near the rad? mine hasnt got a pip on thats why i askGetting there still a few more things to change in the engine itself
It's an overflow in case the diaphram splits IIRC, it directs fuel away from the hot manifold.
Last edited by 5teve L; 24-09-2010 at 17:13.
best to get it re directed then i guess lol
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