Is the engine cover actually useful?

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Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby damien.kal » Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:46 am

So someone clear this up for me. Are the engine covers actually useful to cooling at all? Or purely cosmetic? I've heard both arguments but honestly it seems like just a piece of plastic for show to me.
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby WIDELOAD » Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:48 am

Never ran one on my H6, same with the under tray. Never noticed any issues with cooling etc.

I run the engine cover on my GT as it actually seals the scoop against the factory TMIC.
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby HighTech RedNeck » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:24 am

how well do you work under a blanket?
Speed doesn't kill its the sudden stop that does.
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby Jup » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:42 pm

HighTech RedNeck wrote:how well do you work under a blanket?


No complaints from the ladies so far...

Seriously though, a bit of Googling revealed that noise reduction, and aesthetics were the main reasons for them.

The Liberty is a nice quiet car with a lot of research having gone into noise reduction so it wouldn't surprise me if that was the primary purpose.
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby Tradewind » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:57 pm

Noise reduction
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby nerdyfred07 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:23 pm

Thinking of scrapping my under the engine oil Catch tray as I swear it's just turning the engine bay into an oven. Can't wait til the weekend to service the car and rid of that then see if I notice better temps. At the moment as soon as I open the doors with the car on, radiator just blows hot air at my feet
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby vinshonz » Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:24 pm

Is the engine cover actually useful?

Yes, at hiding things from the popo lol

covers the tmic, bov and 3 port?
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby 666 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:31 pm

No, the turtle shell is just for looks. On the turbo models it's needed as said above but on the H6 no.

Underbody trays are for keeping water splash away from the engine, also aids in the aerodynamics if you can go that fast to reduce drag. Get rid of it, makes oil changes a hell of a lot easier and if you do get an oil leak it's quicker to isolate it.

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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby nerdyfred07 » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:25 pm

Sweetttt. Thanks guys. Doing the oil change tomorrow. Riding that blast of a thing
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Re: Is the engine cover actually useful?

Postby nerdyfred07 » Sat Jan 21, 2017 7:47 pm

I know it's New oil and going from Castro edge 5w-30 to penrite 5w-40 but I swear engines been cooler or at least might seem that way due to hot air not being forced out only on sides from when the coolant fans is on :lol:
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