Factory holes in hood liner?
#1
Factory holes in hood liner?
Fair warning. This is going to be a nomination for most ridiculous thread of the year but the OCD side of me has to get this out and out of my head.
So my stock hood doesn't have a hood scoop. The other day, I was looking at my hood liner and noticed that is has hols pre-cut for where the factoy scoop would have been attached. Makes sense, right? No point having two different hood liners on the assembly line. My question is, with the concerns you see from time to time about top surface paint problems on hood that aren't lined due to engine heat, should those holes be patched in some way?
Link to Hood Pad for reference
Alright, that's it. Flame me as you will.
So my stock hood doesn't have a hood scoop. The other day, I was looking at my hood liner and noticed that is has hols pre-cut for where the factoy scoop would have been attached. Makes sense, right? No point having two different hood liners on the assembly line. My question is, with the concerns you see from time to time about top surface paint problems on hood that aren't lined due to engine heat, should those holes be patched in some way?
Link to Hood Pad for reference
Alright, that's it. Flame me as you will.
#2
Wasn't aware it ever caused problems with paint. My first two or three vehicles had no hood liners because mice had gotten into them or some other reason. It never affected the paint in any way.
Pretty sure the hood liners are just there to dampen some of the engine bay noise from outside the car.
Pretty sure the hood liners are just there to dampen some of the engine bay noise from outside the car.
#3
The liner isn't there to protect the hood from heat. It is sound insulation. Many people drive with no liner (drove mine for years that way) with no issues other than more engine noise can be heard. Many cars come from the factory with no sound insulation liner. So your premise, "paint problems on hood .... due to engine heat" is wrong.
#4
The liner isn't there to protect the hood from heat. It is sound insulation. Many people drive with no liner (drove mine for years that way) with no issues other than more engine noise can be heard. Many cars come from the factory with no sound insulation liner. So your premise, "paint problems on hood .... due to engine heat" is wrong.
#5
And that is what that is, a story. Has nothing to do with fire suppression. It is simply sound insulation. Remove it and you will hear more things, like the injectors, while driving.
#6
Regardless of it's purpose, it's not necessary and does very little of whatever it's supposed to do.
but here's an image of a vehicle where the hood insulation did drop during an engine fire...
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