Found a loose cable

[idefix]

Hi guys,

topped up the PAS-fluid today.
Steering was pretty noisy/whiny in the morning for the first 2-3km.
As soon as the car was warm the noise/whine was gone.
Topping up the PAS-fluid fixed it.
Anyway i found this:

Where does it belong? Looks like a ground cable to me.

 

[idefix]

hmmmm.....50 people watched this thread...
Regarding the wave of comments, this doesn't seem to be an important cable :rollseyes:

 

[Jamesv6]

I have no idea what that cable is for. The other 50 viewers obviously don't know either, but I posted to say so.


May I suggest you post up a pic showing much more of the engine bay? Compare it to other engine bay pics and see if any of them show that cable.

It looks home made.

 

[Matt]

It's Definately not for anything OEM on the engine. Was it for an AMP or speakers on rear bench perhaps?

 

[idefix]

I have no idea what that cable is for. The other 50 viewers obviously don't know either, but I posted to say so.


May I suggest you post up a pic showing much more of the engine bay? Compare it to other engine bay pics and see if any of them show that cable.

It looks home made.

Thats a good suggestion.
I scrolled through the "polish a turd" thread yesterday and didn't see this cable there...but the pictures showed a ripped bay without the engine in...so can't take this as a refernce i think...
Sadly i don't have any more pics at the moment...but the rest of the bay looks pretty normal...
Next time i put away all of the engine covers i will take some more pictures.

I don't think the previous owner putted an amp there!? How crazy is that?...haha you never know... :rollseyes:
But if its homemade and not needed i just rip it out and thats it

 

[Matt]

Just meant he might have used it as an amp earth for one in the front.

 

[taipan]

hmmmm.....50 people watched this thread...
Regarding the wave of comments, this doesn't seem to be an important cable :rollseyes:

Is quite a quiet forum in comparison to others, so answers are sometimes slow to come by (but usually accurate!).

I'd wager that's an earth. Had an identical wire in mine before I ripped the sound system out. Turned out to be an earth for the under-seat sub a previous owner installed. If the sound system doesn't exist anymore then remove the wire, if you're not keen, then a bit of leccy tape or heat shrink and fold the wire back somewhere it can't be seen/flail about.

 

[Alpineandy]

It's either the earth for the ejector seat or I don't have a clue....





Even if by some fluke the first guess was correct, I still don't have a clue....

 

[k1ano]

I also think it is an earth cable of some sort ...

Maybe for some big cibie spot lamps :race:

Martin

 

[idefix]

Wow, suddenly alot of respones in here [smilie=yay.gif]
I will just remove it.
The cable is pretty short (about 20cm) so i still don't think this originally was placed there for an amp...
We'll never know...but i reeeally want to know it ^^

 

[johnler]

Ill have a look tomorrow for you,

why has all the silver above that wire been painted black ??

 

[scotty6r4]

Earth cable that goes to the filler cap surround area.

 

[Williams]

Earth cable that goes to the filler cap surround area.

:approve:

 

[idefix]

Ill have a look tomorrow for you,

why has all the silver above that wire been painted black ??

It came from the factory like that.
I dont know the reason though...might be soundproofing.

Earth cable that goes to the filler cap surround area.

:approve:

So it's OEM?
I looked around and didn't find a reasonable place to put this cable?
Any pics?


EDIT:
Saw a couple of pics on cliov6passion of the pas-fluid area...
Seems like ph2's have a ground cable and ph1's not!

 

[idefix]

Found this picture on cliov6passion.

So where exactly does the ground cable go?

 

[hualpa_jo]

Well there is not much around there. Could it connect to the filler cap to prevent static discharges since its a metal part completely surrounded by isolating materials?