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Engine bay rubbers
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:44 pm
by NeilTruter
Hi,
some of the rubbers in my 2005 LWB's engine bay are falling appart, especially the one running along the front bottom lip of the bonnet, also the stupid sponge thing around the air intake.
Is this common ? how easy to get hold of new ones ?
Re: Engine bay rubbers
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:16 pm
by Roelof
Those stupid sponge around the air intake is a nusance. I replace mine with high density foam and extended that around the radiator to ensure that only cooler air is reaching it and not hot air from the engine. I cut it slighly larger and it is kept in space by friction only. It lived so through Namibia and the Namib desert.
perhaps somebody else can comment on the other rubebrs.
Re: Engine bay rubbers
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:56 pm
by andrew.ashton
I also used a DIY solution for the air filter intake rubber - I used door draught sealer strip that is adhesive on one side and then cut it to size.
Not sure about the other longer one - will have to look in daylight.
Re: Engine bay rubbers
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:17 pm
by Gemaskerde Tuinvurk
Any other ideas on this, or do we have to order from the stealers?
I also accelerated the wear on one of the rubbers of the underside of the bonnet by running a cable through a closed bonnet to charge the battery....
Re: Engine bay rubbers
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:06 pm
by andrew.ashton
Gemaskerde Tuinvurk wrote:Any other ideas on this, or do we have to order from the stealers?
I also accelerated the wear on one of the rubbers of the underside of the bonnet by running a cable through a closed bonnet to charge the battery....
Apart from my solution for the air intake box rubber that I posted above, you can replace the other rubbers, like the long one across below the windscreen and the two piece one across the front etc. with a suitable section from
Pro Auto Rubber
They have branches in Boksburg, Pretoria, Cape Town & Durban.
What you will find is that you have to make a plan with the plastic clips - Pro Auto Rubber don't have the identical one to the original Mitsu clips and you have to destroy the old ones to get them out. I used ones with a round head and used a craft knife to cut small slots into the replacement rubber strip.
Pro Auto Rubber reckon that you can just use contact adhesive but that didn't appeal to me.
I did this about 3 weeks ago and the bonnet seals really nicely.