Thread: Snow Cowls.

Having fitted a fair few of these this year ( the Genuine MOD ones ) they do actually serve a useful task.

The snow thing aside ( but Iam told we do have snow here ) they serve to stop water/sand Ingress to the heater matrix, a lot of the vehicles that had these fitted had very rusty heater box components, as well as plenty of dirt, sand etc in the wing.

I think if you do a lot of beach/off road work then it's a usefully product.
Be mindful that the cheap plastic ones, will fade and become brittle over time.

Would sand be flicked up from the tyres into the cowl when you are turning?

Jeff

Originally Posted by Jeff

Would sand be flicked up from the tyres into the cowl when you are turning?

Jeff

Don't know, when driving in water, the water contains the sand so both would fill the open vent.

Is there a dump valve p/n 606248/muc2417 under the duct to do get rid of water, etc ingress in this area

I think they might be, can't be up to the job mind, or why would you design the thing in the first place.

It's a "fart valve" like on the 300Tdi's air intake pipe. Needs to be squeezed to clear out dust and organic material build up (which in return requires you to unscrew the intake grill...)

Cheers,

Lou

Maintenance !!!

I have no problem with the cleaning of the 3 "fart valve's", as I used to do it on a pretty regular basis with the 300Tdi I owned prior to the Puma.

My problem is the extreme dust created by my work environment.

It's not unusual, at the end of the working day for the car to be covered in 2-5mm of dust, especially if the wind is blowing from the south. All it takes is for a quick 5 minute downpour of rain and the fart valve's are overwhelmed with sludge, and there's a lovely pool of water sitting in the passenger footwell.

I was forever unscrewing the vent cover and unblocking the bungs.

Two of the bungs can actually be reached easier from underneath the car.