Underhood temperatures.

[Garfield Willis]

On Thu, 25 May 2000 20:46:09 -0700, "John Dammeyer"
<johnd at autoartisans.com> wrote:

>Then I looked at the mounting with a new viewpoint;
>4" away from the #4 cylinder exhaust pipe.  The radiated energy had warmed up the box big
>time.
>...
>The funny thing was it really wasn't that near the exhaust manifold and it was in a large
>engine compartment but even thought the radiated varies inversely over the square of the
>distance it was hot.

I honestly don't know why you would say 4 inches  "wasn't that near the
exhaust manifold". Sounds WAY too near to me. Stretch your thumb and
forefinger out; 4" isn't really much of a distance. Brake lines that far
away from exhaust manifolds have caused severe problems. Live and learn.

Gar


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