German Engineering Summed Up In One Picture

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 05/16/2015 at 13:23 • Filed to: None

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GeorgeyBoy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 13:35

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I’ve been staring at this for like 5 min. I can’t figure out the reason.

Ease of installation?

Less tension on the fittings?

A supplier that charges by the bend?

Funktheduck > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 13:36

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That’s clearly for cooling purposes.

Brickman > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 13:37

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Needs more loops :P

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > GeorgeyBoy 05/16/2015 at 13:37

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I would guess ease of installation, the bends will give you more room/flexibility for hooking into the hose fitting. The more I’ve worked on german cars the more I’ve seen that there is usually a reason for the way they do things. That reason may be overengineered, convoluted and slightly insane but there _is_ a reason

TheBaron2112 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 14:01

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Need more head loss in a hydraulic system? Add 5 more bends than you need! That K value just doubled! Vorsprung durch teknik!

AthomSfere > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 14:05

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An antennae like this one?

Grindintosecond > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 14:27

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Is whatever it attaches to a part that moves? Such as the block on the motor mount? Where theres some movement of one end and none of the other?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Grindintosecond 05/16/2015 at 14:49

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Clutch line

Grindintosecond > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 14:56

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Well then my assumption would be design to aid in absorption of shock loads of the clutch fluid as well as flex in the line for motion of the actual engine/transmission on the mounts. I think. that’s my idea of the why.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Grindintosecond 05/16/2015 at 15:08

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There is a flexible line running down to it and the hard line is attached directly to the slave cylinder

TheTick247 > GeorgeyBoy 05/16/2015 at 15:22

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It’s a place to hold your beer while you sit back in wonder at some other head-scratching feat of over engineering on the car.

bryan40oop > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/16/2015 at 22:53

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all metal lines are made like this to allow expansion. It may not be needed for this application, but that very same part may be used on another that has no hydraulic hosed attached thus limiting flexibility.

wafflesnfalafel > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/17/2015 at 00:45

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cooling?

bleedsblue23 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/17/2015 at 21:29

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swapping for a bored out clutch valve?

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/18/2015 at 09:32

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I wonder if it would have been too difficult to manufacture something that small?

My money is on removing tension or absorbing energy though.