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AB bonnet question

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:05 pm
by eddiii
Hey guys, just wondering with the AB bonnet, those middle air vents, when it rains does it leak down to the engine? or theres somethin to block it? But if its blocked then it kills the whole purpose with the vents?

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:04 pm
by rock_it
Nothing to block it ...

But due to the angle, not much water would get down there anyway ... The one to worry about is on the side ... Espcially if you have an un-boxed pod filter...

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:30 pm
by ICEFTO
i have the AB style bonnet and i did have an issue with the plugs fowling up due to water logging but a qiuck seal of the cover cap fixed that and now i got no probs.
there the best bonnet ive ever had sooo much air flow no heat stays in the engine bay and looks so agresive too

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:30 pm
by zuihoujueding
erm, how does ab bonnet looks like?

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:28 am
by xj265

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:35 am
by zuihoujueding
oh, so thats the one.really nice....cant find any better looking bonnet for the FTO.

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:23 pm
by eddiii
indeed thats the right one xj265. So where would i get the seal to cover the side vents? well where did u get yours? and u cover it from under the bonnet right?

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:19 pm
by ICEFTO
i never got covers to block the vents just to stop water getting into the plugs i sealed the engine cover with a rubber gasket took me like 10 bucks and 30 mins to make

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:56 pm
by J
theres a guy who just bought one in the uk, he's getting rubber tubing to carry any water that comes in through the ab bonnet and the rubber tubes will bring the water under the car.

Wou;ldnt be a bad idea actually, you could just run the hose to the vents and slit a little cut line and the water would just drip down right in the hose just like house gutters