Engine Under Cover

[Brechin Slate]

Bored this morning so removed the engine under covers today just to have a look.  I was interested to see if there was any corrosion on a 3.5 year old car.  The retaining screws were all rusty but I cleaned them up and coated them with ACF-50 before reassembly.  All in good nick under the covers but there was a lot of debris on the inside of the covers themselves.  There isn't now!  Wondered if I might get access to the front of the radiator from underneath but sadly not.

[paulrnx]

Reminds me of a bird strike I had in a 2nd generation IS250. I managed to get most of it out from through the smashed grille or at least I though I had. When the dealership dropped the cover out from under the car to replace the grille the poor technician got covered by the remnants of the bird.

[Brechin Slate]

Quick follow up, discovered that there's plenty of access to the front of the radiator by removing just 9 clips and the 2 horns.  Enough leaf debris and corn stalks wedged in there to start a compost heap

 

 

[Stuart Aspey]

On 3/21/2021 at 4:19 PM, Brechin Slate said:

Quick follow up, discovered that there's plenty of access to the front of the radiator by removing just 9 clips and the 2 horns.  Enough leaf debris and corn stalks wedged in there to start a compost heap

 

 

I think this is something not covered under a dealership servicing. Lol. Maybe I'll take a look this weekend.