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Bit of an odd question, there is a plastic tray, i think is the right word, which i believe is for fuel cooling, clipped to the bottom of the car under the drivers seat.
Im having trouble with it because whenever my car scrapes on speedbumps (too low for my own good but oh well) its positioned right where it catches. i currently have two plated holding it in place and my questions are:
is it really needed? or could i just remove it and join the pipes? has anyone else tried to relocate it? if so where? any other ideas of how to hold it up as it will eventually fall off again with my far from ideal fix.
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If it's the bit i'm thinking of then i don't think that's for fuel cooling, i think thats part of the A/C system mate
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Needs to sit somewhere with turbulent air, could re-route it the drivers arch i guess...? Would need all new fuel lines and stuff.
I'm not normally one for the daft answers, but i think tom might have a point - that fuel cooler is no lower then the bottom of your chassis rails, if it's scraping then maybe you're just a teensy tiny bit too low lol.
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Shit mate, how low are you?
I've never caught anything other than the splitter or I/C piping, and I'm 60mm and drive in the lake district (rough roads central of the UK!)
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From my workings its about 100mm maybe a bit more drop. The probelm is the brackets that hold it are the lowest part and in the worst place. Only catches on speedbumps and i do my best to avoid them. I can live with it and just keep an eye on it but i was just wondering if removal was an option really.
Thanks though
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weld up a tray to go under it?
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Forget who told me but theyer really imoportant on the HDi.
I had looked at mounting a mocal cooler in the passenger arch (cos the drivers arch had the oil cooler) to get better cooling.
Basically the fuel is compressed to 1500bar (1800bar on mine) and as you know when you compress something it gets HOT, especially at that pressure, all the fuel that isnt injected is returned to the tank via the return line and is cooled en route.
Cold fuel is denser and so will give more power.
Possibly a really pikey fix but the floor in that area is really weak, have you tried hammering/jacking the floor in that area up by a cm or so?
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Its fitted into the gap between the two lengthways box sections of the floor so its not the actual tray that catches its how i can hold it up in a way that wont snap off over speed bumps as its directly under the drivers seat so its right where it rubs and scrapes.
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agree with rubberjonny8938576. bolt a tray of some form to protect it
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Anyone got a picture of the thing? I would go and look at mine, but it's dark and raining.
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I would get a pic but its a bit low to get under haha