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i was looking around in the engine bay. and look what i found.



its just something with bare wires. that scare me

 
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its a ground wire, there is no reason to cover it.

 
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hey what are you doing you're not supposed to look in there!

 
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its the ground wire from the engine to the chasis but still you think they could cover it

 
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thats a groundola

 
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...learning something new everyday.[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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why WOULD they cover it?

just so it would look better???

 
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It really should be covered for one main reason, a mechanic working on the car could easily catch the wire with tools and cause it to fray.

 
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That wire hooks up to the self-destruct mechanism....BECAREFUL dont mess with it!!!

 
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and they should cover the vacumme hoses in titanium?

 
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[hr]Originally posted by: mattskav
Come on, think about it, if your working on your car with a screw driver you could catch the wire a fray it, I don't think your going to fray a vacuum hose. I say this becasue of experiance, I was a mechanic for 10 years. Besides it takes a lot to puncture a vacuum hose but a open wire is very easy to catch and fray a few strands of wire.

 
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bottom line is, it doesn't add functionality, on a more expensive car you might expect insulation on ground wires (because it looks nice, prevents corrosion chafing etc), but on an economy car functionality is king.

 
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anyone know where i can get the TYPE-R style ground wire?