Subject	Engine cover query. For some mysterious reason Nissan chose
Posted by	240Z FeO2 on April 05, 2008 at 11:29 AM
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Message	to make the cover directly under the Z32's engine out of an absorbent material. I just bought a new one. I'm wondering if there is anything that can be applied to these covers that will make them impervious to oil and the like. TIA Chance favors the informed
Follow Ups	Engine cover query. For some mysterious reason Nissan chose - 240Z FeO2 11:29:23 04/05/08 I would think it's absorbent to soak up anything - twinturbineZ 11:39:46 04/05/08 If so, I think Nissan would have been better off using - 240Z FeO2 11:43:33 04/05/08 2nd - would seem important to have that benefit? I'd - jzack 11:44:28 04/05/08 Interesting suggestion. I can test that on my old one first. - 240Z FeO2 11:58:13 04/05/08 Whatever you can find at the local Autozone or Pep Boys .. - jzack 16:06:37 04/05/08 It's probably for sound deadening. - Marshall 12:27:03 04/05/08 Well look who's back. How many hits since last login? lol (n/m) - ThunderZ 12:34:53 04/05/08 He's been over on 3ZC where he belongs (n/m) - MJawn 17:04:44 04/05/08 hehe...see you guys soon. (n/m) - ThunderZ 08:07:33 04/06/08 False. (n/m) - Marshall 08:55:32 04/06/08 A lot. - Marshall 08:59:28 04/06/08 That's Funny!! LOL sound deadening under the engine - twinturbineZ 13:21:10 04/05/08 Your quote is the first twin turbo commercial i can - Sleeper_TTZ(SeKy) 14:39:53 04/05/08 Except that he's right. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 18:27:13 04/05/08 Yes, sound deadening under the engine. - Marshall 09:20:14 04/06/08 I think it is more for thermal insulation - aliaZ 22:25:32 04/05/08 He said that stuff under the engine, not under the hood. (n/m) - Marshall 09:13:45 04/06/08 oops. please pardon my retardation (n/m) - aliaZ 22:40:47 04/06/08 A new metal style undercover will be available soon ;) (n/m) - Spddracer 12:10:06 04/05/08 Is this just sheer optimism on your part (jk) or do you have - 240Z FeO2 12:23:27 04/05/08 It is in final stages of devlopment. - Spddracer 12:57:53 04/05/08 Boy there are sure a lot of bushes to beat around here, oh - 240Z FeO2 13:05:41 04/05/08 metal style? (n/m) - SactoTodd 13:28:15 04/05/08 it's like metal....but not. (n/m) - Waggz 13:49:42 04/05/08 It's a liger (n/m) - twinturbineZ 20:41:00 04/05/08 We are looking into different materials at this point to - Spddracer 16:14:32 04/05/08 Why not just fix the oil leaks? (n/m) - Audioquest 13:34:44 04/05/08 ding ding... We have a winner! (n/m) - na300zx (OH) 13:46:30 04/05/08 then i wont have money for my catfish fascia or rims, duh (n/m) - Ahmed 15:08:43 04/05/08 You inferred what I didn't mean to imply. I have no oil - 240Z FeO2 15:29:15 04/05/08 If you are carful topping up antifreeze, adding oil, etc, - Audioquest 16:09:07 04/05/08 They're $86.25 from Coz. - apudapus 16:52:19 04/05/08 Plus, what if they become NLA ? (n/m) - Hiratsuka0689 (ATL) 16:56:56 04/05/08 The one from my Z, I threw away this winter. It was the - Audioquest 19:06:22 04/05/08 The reasoning seems obvious to me... - Bernie (NoVA) 18:25:25 04/05/08 Valid points all, but what's with choosing a material that's - 240Z FeO2 18:47:01 04/05/08 Rigid plastics crack, the splash shield isn't "absorbant" - Bernie (NoVA) 18:54:01 04/05/08 Oh Bernie, are you saying there is no other economical - 240Z FeO2 19:30:39 04/05/08 Actually I think he was just saying what he though the - twinturbineZ 19:33:35 04/05/08 Good point. And all I'm saying is that the goal of - 240Z FeO2 19:41:46 04/05/08 Actually just applying something like plasti dip to it - twinturbineZ 19:54:20 04/05/08 I have the solution for you! The foil coated dynamat will - twinturbineZ 20:21:42 04/05/08 hmmm... I'm thinking I'd like to keep this simple and I am, - 240Z FeO2 23:20:52 04/05/08 Factor in these things - ben7021 20:21:51 04/05/08 Driving without fender liners is not a valid - twinturbineZ 19:31:50 04/05/08 Yeah, but he's not talking about the splash shields - Ashman2k2 20:10:02 04/05/08 ?????? (n/m) - twinturbineZ 20:19:56 04/05/08 If your oil drips UP, you have more problems than absorbency (n/m) - rojoloco (San Diego) 21:26:54 04/05/08 LOL! Yeah...like gravity (n/m) - twinturbineZ 21:51:17 04/05/08 Strangely, that's happened to me. - Marshall 08:56:38 04/06/08 OMG. I'm not sure where you joined this thread at, but I'm - 240Z FeO2 23:00:07 04/05/08 lol, for some reason it was translating as under the hood (n/m) - Ashman2k2 00:25:15 04/06/08 dumass (n/m) - ZiNnYc 11:31:51 04/06/08
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