Curley Wurly Coolant? Thing In Engine Bay

[timb1046 1]

after having an RAC man pick me up the other day having snapped my clutch cable on the ring road he looked in my engine bay and asked what this part was and asked if it was standard.

i've always known it was there and just assumed that it did somthing important and that was it. SO can anybody enlighten me as to what it is/does and if its standard?

 

 

This is the part, as you can see it has coolant pipes attached and a curly wurly thing.

 

 

this is where it is located in relation to other bits and bobs in the engine bay

 

 

Cheers

 

Tim

[Tom Fenton 1,548]

It is not standard, I'm not sure what it is, are you sure they are coolant pipes? I see your car has power steering, is it an electric power steering pump??

[timb1046 1]

im not sure that they are coolant pipes, i presumed that they would be, which was a silly thing to do realy. i will trace them back later on today when i have a spare minute. good spotting on the PS!

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

I have no fookin Idea what that is!

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

I have no fookin Idea what that is!

 

Me neither, but I want one now, whatever it is!

 

P.S. You could fit your battery terminal better. Losing face/post contact is bad, especially in the cold weather to come. Your battery will thank you.

Edited November 16, 2008 by DrSarty

[Mikey S 29 1 Cars]

it looks like a reducer from a previous gas conversion maybe. its either that or a coolant pump that plugs into the mains so it keeps the coolant warm and flowing around the engine aiding cold starts.

[timb1046 1]

it looks like a reducer from a previous gas conversion maybe. its either that or a coolant pump that plugs into the mains so it keeps the coolant warm and flowing around the engine aiding cold starts.

 

 

presto!!! i should have thought of that! the car used to have a gas conversion, but that got removed when the engine was replaced several years ago! thanks! now the only problem is how to remove it. thanks!

 

DrSarty; the battery terminals are on my ever growing list of "to dos" for the car. but yes i think sooner rather than later would be better with the weather as what it is!

 

cheers

 

Tim

[mr_exe 1]

I'll second that, tis a vapouriser from a LPG conversion