Air-conditioning Drain Pipe

[kingtube69]

Hi All,

My AC drain pipe was sitting against the dump pipe on my R33 after I put in a Hypergear turbo (ATR45SAT). I had it taken to JEM to get tuned but on the way home it started smoking so I bit the bullet and cut the drain pipe so I could get home without it smoking up and catching fire.

I'm not sure what to do now because if I use the aircon its going to drain onto the dump pipe and steam, rust and more than likely crack.

Has anyone come across this before? If so what did you do to fix it or get around it?

Pictures below

Thanks!

[scotty nm35]

Thanks to the thick adapter Tao welds on it pushes the dump back too far which melts the drain. If it gets bad enough it will flood inside the car. The dump will be fine as long as it isn't wrapped.

[XGTRX]

Fark, is that what the burning smell was when I went single. Just checked and mine is burnt down. So does it need to be rectified or is it OK to leave?

Edited December 12, 2015 by XGTRX

[kingtube69]

Thanks to the thick adapter Tao welds on it pushes the dump back too far which melts the drain. If it gets bad enough it will flood inside the car. The dump will be fine as long as it isn't wrapped.

Yep I'm not sure why it's so thick, I was worried that the dump would actually fit when I was looking at it.

So you think its OK for the drain to drip onto it? Not wrapped dump anyway

Fark, is that what the burning smell was when I went single. Just checked and mine is burnt down. So does it need to be rectified or is it OK to leave?

Glad to know I'm not the only one - Waiting for responses but someone on SAU FB page said just get a heat sleeve and get that onto it which I'll probably do if Scotty says that letting it drip on there isn't OK

Edited December 12, 2015 by kingtube69

[XGTRX]

Let us know what u do.

[zoomzoom]

Not only will you find disgusting water splashing in the passenger footwell, you'll find your car filled with mosquitoes!

[89CAL]

Get a steel pipe that will fit neatly inside the hose and clamp it on. Get a p-clamp that fits around the pipe then and bolt it somewhere that will bring it out of the way

Thats a basic idea but you can bend the pipe etc to make it fit properly

[kingtube69]

Not only will you find disgusting water splashing in the passenger footwell, you'll find your car filled with mosquitoes!

It doesn't leak into the cabin, its cut on the engine side and can still drain out its just that I dont want it running onto the dump pipe

Get a steel pipe that will fit neatly inside the hose and clamp it on. Get a p-clamp that fits around the pipe then and bolt it somewhere that will bring it out of the way

Thats a basic idea but you can bend the pipe etc to make it fit properly

The issue is that the bend in the rubber hose actually sits on the dump if its in place

[tridentt150v]

Don't use the a/c and all good

Talk to Stao and see what he normally does???

[scotty nm35]

It doesn't leak into the cabin

Yet... Let it melt back a bit more.

Poorly designed 'drop in' turbo considering most of you are running the exact same JJ dump.

[zebra]

Yet... Let it melt back a bit more.

Poorly designed 'drop in' turbo considering most of you are running the exact same JJ dump.

Those hypergears must sit so far back....ive got like 4" clearance with my bolt on td06

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

just go external gate and get an external housing

[hypergear]

Its got plenty of clearance using a OEM dump pipe. Or should JJR be making dump pipes following OEM dump pipe angle? But Having said that not all jjr dump pipes touches either.

That Xforce dump in my R33 years back was trouble free, and so is Tomei.

I will seek alternatives ways to get the IWG assembly shorter.

[Trex]

Well what did you do? You don't run a standard dump pipe.

[hypergear]

With JJR pipe that touches, easiest way is to zip tie the drain pipe to aside of the bracket.

[kingtube69]

Hmm, it's not that the lower part of the pipe sits against it so it would be hard to tie it off to the side. It's that the bend off the pipe sits against the bend of the dump pipe. Bit of a pain in the ass but I'll work something out.

[Ben C34]

Drop engine lower.

[Trex]

Talk to gtr Luke on how to drop the engine lower.

[kingtube69]

Drop engine lower.

Talk to gtr Luke on how to drop the engine lower.

I think that's a bit extreme.

Thanks anyway.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

wrap dump, or use ACL heat shield call it a day

OR custom dump/down pipe

OR just go external gate