|
||
|
11th May 2019, 15:42 | #41 | |
I really should get out more.......
Rover 75 CDT Club Tourer Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Milky Way
Posts: 2,381
Thanks: 105
Thanked 513 Times in 382 Posts
|
Quote:
|
|
11th May 2019, 18:30 | #42 | |
This is my second home
75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010
Location: Leeds
Posts: 17,273
Thanks: 2,160
Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts
|
Quote:
My memory is a bit vague, but I thought it was a rubber strip / flap protecting the air intake?
__________________
Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. |
|
11th May 2019, 20:29 | #43 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Contemporary SE Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Dundee
Posts: 1,941
Thanks: 545
Thanked 520 Times in 402 Posts
|
Definitely an angled metal plate. I bought one to fit to my 2004 diesel. It already had one from the factory....... As far as I remember it was only the very early diesels that would benefit from having one retro fitted. The potential problem was spotted early on and the shredder plate then fitted as standard to all cars produced thereafter.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk |
11th May 2019, 22:27 | #44 |
Posted a thing or two
Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,664
Thanks: 3
Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts
|
i would have though that if the air intake pipe at the front was cut it would have the same effect of stopping water vapour being sucked into the air intake as it would be drawing air from inside the engine bay rather than from front outside of the grille.
Putting a plate inside the air flow will affect airflow i would think. |
12th May 2019, 07:08 | #45 | |
MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Posts: 20,151
Thanks: 3,565
Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts
|
Quote:
Cutting the air intake bellows exacerbates this problem, and it must be noted that this "performance enhancing" modification, was originally championed by a man who's business was selling replacement Mercedes van MAF sensors, along with the required electronic amplifier to make this MAF "work" I can assure you, there is no impediment to airflow having either the modification retrofitted to an early car, nor as a standard fit to later cars. Also there is no improvement to airflow in cutting the bellows off the air intake duct whatsoever Brian |
|
16th May 2019, 13:46 | #46 |
Regular poster
MG ZT Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Lisboa
Posts: 59
Thanks: 30
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
|
Ok, i'll try to check it, from outside the car, i see a black thing, look like plastic in the top of the fan, i'll take some pictures.
|
18th May 2019, 18:48 | #47 | |
This is my second home
Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 11,394
Thanks: 6,587
Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts
|
Quote:
__________________
Great Barr, Birmingham. |
|
|
|