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My Pacesetter y pipe is touching one of the brake lines

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Old 07-27-2006, 11:11 AM
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Question My Pacesetter y pipe is touching one of the brake lines

The Pacesetter y-pipe I installed is touching what I believe is a brake line. It is the one with the coil wrapped around it, right behind the drivers side header and brace.

I'm going to assume this is bad. Has anyone successfully fixed this without redoing the exhaust?
Old 07-27-2006, 11:16 AM
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So bend the brake line.
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Or Wrap it up.
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And i think those are Fuel lines man.
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Originally Posted by Speed Density
And i think those are Fuel lines man.
I think there were 4 or 5 hard metal lines.

Is that a fire hazard?
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Originally Posted by MattZ28
So bend the brake line.
I can't. There are other metal lines above it, so there's no way to bend it up.

What kind of wrap? I was thinking some high temp heater hose. I just want to make sure the brake fluid doesn't get hot or the fuel if that what it is.
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They are fuel lines.. and all you gotta do is turn the bracket that holds the lines upside down! simple.
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Had the same problem....just grabbed the damn line in my hand and bent it toward the outside of the car...btw, thats on my 94 with pacesetter LTs,ORY, and cutout
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I might try some fiberglass header wrap that I saw on ebay and wrap the pipe that's touching the lines. Do you think that'd work? And maybe get a piece of high temp silicone hose to put around the line.

I might try bending it too. I didn't want to though because I was afraid of crimping the line.
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The line is pretty sturdy,i just grabebd it and bent it in one swift bend,didnt mess around in bending it,did it once,thats it
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i would do both bend + wrap you dont want a fire and you dont want hot fuel



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