Driving to work last week in the STi (for a change) and all sorts of noises come from under the car, check speedo, tripple figures (in KPH ) and i shat myself, heard what i thought were parts bouncing along, thought the gearbox had bust.

Stop and lOOk underneath and the tray that is over the gearbox/driveshaft is hanging down and dragging along the floor.

Could only pull half of it off and limped a few miles home.

S&S to the rescue, quick call on monday, part ordered in for wed and booked in that day.

Anyone else had that guard/tray fly off?

 

I had one of my under trays (n/s inner wing) fly off going down the A13 and I ran over it

 

looked into a mate of mine's engine bay at the weekend and noticed his tray was missing !!! asked whether it had fallen off.
NO, he said, took it off becuase i was fed up losing my tools down the engine bay and so took it off, so they all fall through

 

The local garage who took it off said it is quite common, they crack, wind pushes them down and off etc.

But then again he asked if it had 400bhp

 

 

Get another one fitted.

You're mate may never have a problem but......

FEAD belts can tear when stones get caught.
Water ingress can be a major problem as well, causing squeeling/belt slip and sometimes water ingress to electrical items such as alternators!! Not very likely on the scoob as the alternator is so high up.
Increased noise.
To some extent fuel economy will suffer as well.

Just a thought!!

 

engine bay temp drop without the main engine one.... altho doubt its THAT noticeable......

 

pmsl quality
martin

 

Looks like you got a cheap heap there !