bonnet vent blanking plates

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

23 June 2008, 11:59 AM

scobydoo

Scooby Regular

Thread Starter

Join Date: May 2008

Location: bathgate

Posts: 94

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

bonnet vent blanking plates

i have been toying with taking these off to let heat escape from engine bay but is this a resipie for disaster?. as one is over the battary & the other is over the mav sensor.

Reply Like

23 June 2008, 12:08 PM

trails

Scooby Regular

iTrader: (41)

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: in the woods...........555 Wagon Sqn

Posts: 13,347

Likes: 204

Received 55 Likes on 42 Posts

messes up air flow for cooling...Harvey did some investigation into this a few years ago iirc...keep 'em in place

Reply Like

26 June 2008, 07:07 PM

stevey

Scooby Regular

iTrader: (2)

Join Date: Aug 2003

Posts: 1,555

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

i've had my offside one of for about 4 year now and never had any neg affect, however when i park up you can feel the heat comeing out of it compared to the other which feels cold

Reply Like

26 June 2008, 08:27 PM

trails

Scooby Regular

iTrader: (41)

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: in the woods...........555 Wagon Sqn

Posts: 13,347

Likes: 204

Received 55 Likes on 42 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevey

i've had my offside one of for about 4 year now and never had any neg affect, however when i park up you can feel the heat comeing out of it compared to the other which feels cold

if you measure the ambient temperature in the engine bay before and after you will find the temps with the blanking plates in place are lower than without.

Reply Like