oil line insulation ideas?

1" lines!!! really?  that is massIVe

are they high pressure - oil lines?  if so - they have a heat rating as well.  is there anything printed on the lines themselves?

How 'bout wrapping the lines with that space-age-looking alumininized wrap from Summit?

Perssonally, I just used stainless braided hoses on mine and ran them between the header tubes.  No problem in ten years, but they're only 5/8" ID hoses, too.

You could put the fiberglass insulation used for plug wires.

 There some jibberish on them..and now that I look a bit closer they appear to be closer to 3/4" with most likely a 5/8" ID. Hard to read as I had to temporarily take the car off the jacks, slap some wheels on it and roll it out of the shop for an Insurance Co. photo shoot. It's goin' back up on jacks tommorow and i'll get a confirmation on the actual size.

 It sure looked sweet though... with the new paint all buffed up and the polished wheels, new chrome and stuff....a helluva' lot better than when it rolled off the truck 3 months ago. I thought it looked amazing then. Now it's ridiculous.

 We also fired the motor for the first time..without the muffler (waiting on that from A-1). LOUD and idled nicely. There was what we had thought was a spare red hot wire that we slid on the coil...and that made it fire right up. Everyone thought it was an electric choke wire..doh

... very exciting considering I've been staring at the engine for month..and the torn down chasis for 3...collecting tons of parts..ALL moving parts were replaced...EVERYTHING including all new nuts and bolts from FASTENALL + a few original quality german items. All hardwar is right at or above spec'..and metric of course

 One of the last few details is solving the oil line deal.

I found this >

Thermo Tec 17062 | jegs.com

Just a tip:  small lot quantities from Fastenal are generally priced on the higher side of reasonable (they're barely competitive with Home Depot around here).

"Contractor lots" (i.e.; boxed lots of fasteners) can save you 30% - 60% if you have an eventual need and a place to store them.  My local place also has occasional clearances where I've saved as much as 90% and they were happy to see the stuff go.  If you buy enough stuff on a semi-regular basis they'll even deliver (at least for me - their store is only a few miles away).

I hear ya'. I love the Depot'

..However my freindly FASTENALL pro has been breaking up lots (ie opening bags) for me. Just pulling exactly what I need. The only full bags I bought were lock washers and one with 100 cool chrome VW size sheet metal screws. Chico sent me there to get those the first time. The place is amazing. I always come out with my full list checked off.

These cars don't have that much hardware (compared to say a modern car) so if I totaled up the $$ I spent there it wouldn't scare me that bad. FASTENALL is 12 minutes from my house..whereas HOMIE Depot is an hour...and in the big bad city or RENO. Plus there's free

donuts every day, a freindly dog at the door and the girl stocking the shelves might be Scarlet Johanssens illigitimate sister

 I found another product..FIRESLEEVE. Anyone ever try that. I looks fairly spaceage...and choice of colors. my sheet metal is mettalic grey and they have a shade to match that..or black

I have some fancy heat wrap on my oil lines,and it works great. I have my filter up in the engine bay on a bracket on the opposite side of the battery.

"and the girl stocking the shelves might be Scarlet Johanssens illigitimate sister"

I had that with the tech support lady at Eastern Bearing (even with the tattoos she was gorgeous) who recently left to become the Purchasing director at a local manufacturing company.  Now there are a lot fewer reasons to visit Eastern Bearing.  sigh.........

You've spent all this time and money and now you're going to "wrap" your oil lines in tin foil? Really?

Install the braided lines and be done with it.

^ x2. Be done with it.

tin foil? it's not tin foil. It is NOT simple aluminum sleeves at all. They're made up of a super hi tek' space age aviation quality conglomeration of aluminum, silica and stainless steel. AND it turns out my lines are 1" so I ordered the 1" x 36.  

"a super hi tek' space age aviation quality conglomeration of aluminum, silica and stainless steel"

Perfect. You should be all set, then.

sure I'd like some cool braided lines. next payday. for now i just want it to run so I can sort out the car

If you ever blow a rubber hose on your oil lines while driving down the road , you will realise how cheap braided teflon lines are . I bet you can figure out how I know,   Mike McCarthy

who said anything about braided teflon? 

For now I'll flow with these hi tech super space age aviation conglomeration of whatevers'. I don't see them failing.

Come Sept. Maybe I'll upgrade. Maybe not. They seem to be working fine and they don't look half bad. I felt them after a good hour freeway blast and both were fairly cool to the touch.

Hahhaha me ! Years ago I ran some cheap hoses on a street car I had, blew a hose on the expressway and ran the engine out of oil knocking the bearings out before I saw the low oil pressure . If I sound like I was being rediculous , it was with the best of intentions. Mike

A: "dragvw2180" said anything about braided teflon lines. The "braided teflon" referred to are braided stainless sheathed with a teflon core. They have a higher temperature tolerance than rubber core lines.

B: If the lines you've got were "cool to the touch" after a significant drive, you have a bigger problem than you know. Normal operating oil temperature for an air-cooled engine is between 180 and 220 (or so) deg. That is not cool to the touch. If your oil is cool, then the pressure is likely high enough that relying on a hose clamp is risky.

We've got no skin in this game. If you're happy, we're all happy. But.... high-pressure/temperature rated lines are a good idea.

And......just to throw my oar in the water (it's too hot today to be rowing anyway), I emailed one of the lead technicians with the TRG Racing folks, and found that they use Firesleeve on a regular basis.  It is amazingly good stuff and insulates various things from very high temperatures without degradation over multiple endurance races.

Moosey, it looks like you picked a pretty damn good product.

gn

If...the "rubber" hoses are actually the right high pressure oil resistant hose you are good to go with the addition of using exhaust header wrap material.... "say's me :~)

they are. same hoses that came with the motor..built by Annibal Chico a short time ago. Very stout. I'm not worried in the least.

And when I say cool to touch I think I meant to say these sleeves are AMAZING. The hoses are def' up to proper engine temp but miraculously the sleeves are not really that hot. Yes you can touch them. Hot but not as hot as one would expect. Sorta' like the stripper at my cousins bachelor party. The boys promised me she was going to be HOT HOT HOT but ended up only being somewhat hot with a bad boob job and an attitude.

lmao !!!! If you ever go to braided lines this may solve routing problems, Mike

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1021736

good idea

Drag man,

Don't you love these guys who get sick of buying cheap-ass crap made by Empi and such, so they go out and make their own? Maybe you pay a little more but you're getting a good product and supporting the little guy who's in it for the good of the hobby.

...until he sells the idea to focking Latest Rage.

Sad thing is they do not sell it to anyone, the Chinese just copy it and sell it as their own.So goes America . Mike

I have used these before from this supplier,race with them also, good guys.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/cla...etail.php?id=1341914

Mike McCarthy