melting wires on exhaust manifold

[bill]

just noticed i have a handfull of wires which are very close to the exhaust manifold, they are in a plastic tubing to keep them together, but this has begun to melt, i reckon my wires are next to go, so what do i need to do folks, what can i wrap around them? and where can i get it from?

ps. cant move the wires away from the manifold as they are tight

cheers

 

[MarcoB]

maybe use exhaust heat wrap on the wires? or wrap the exhaust...
wires would be easier imo

 

[bill]

i did think of exhaust heat wrap, but i dont want to be pissing about with the manifold, suppose i could try that on the wires

any more ideas?

 

[MarcoB]

cable tie the wires away from the exhaust?

 

[bill]

cable tie the wires away from the exhaust?

nah, they wont budge an inch mate, need to get something wrapped round the wires that can take the heat

 

[Tom@JMS]

wrap cables in baking foil and zip tie in place. This will reflect 80% of the heat away and its seriously cheap lol!

Foil is a reflector where as if you use heatwrap they will probably get just as warm and then stay warm for longer as its an insulator.

 

[Fred@BTM]

you on about the cables to the starter motor? (172/182 i assume)

there's supposed to be a metal heatshield over them!

 

[bill]

wrap cables in baking foil and zip tie in place. This will reflect 80% of the heat away and its seriously cheap lol!

Foil is a reflector where as if you use heatwrap they will probably get just as warm and then stay warm for longer as its an insulator.

done it lol, for tempory measures

 

[bill]

you on about the cables to the starter motor? (172/182 i assume)

there's supposed to be a metal heatshield over them!

its on my 205 mi16, just thought i'd post on here as theres s**t loads of people on here

 

[sexyV6]

If you have time, cutb the wires, re-route and lengthen them, they seem to be tight on wires on the old 205's.