Thread: Engine hood lining sagging

Noise.....

yep, I did think of that, but I'm a V8 so it will not be as big a deal as it would with a diesel.

I'm wondering if the heat from the engine will effect the paint?

it does anyway......the engine heat cracked my paint...and I still have the hood lining on...and I think V8's get a lot hotter than Tdi's so I would imagine will happen regardless
thats why my bonnet has been blacked out

Hey mate

The same thing happened on my old Defender

I ended up ripping it out

After a bit of searching my local rare spares place (Thomas Parker Rare Spares) had some replacement stuff. Comes in a big sheet, with sticky stuff on one side. Might be easiest to pull the bonnet off and do it though

Cost me $60 for a big sheet, and I just cut the shape out I needed and reused the rest when I made my speaker boxes

Mine was sagging and rubbing on the diesel injector lines, engine cover and top radiator hose.

A simple fix - which has lasted - was to use Sikaflex to stick it back up there.. Worked a treat.

mines sagging from falling apart in places namely above the plenum, the alt, the old break fluid res, Ive been cutting it out little at a time when it falls apart....ide like to remove it completely until i get some stick on stuff..but I'm to worried about the heat
noise wont worry me for a little while

cheers

My bonnet insulation suffered from the same problem. The local Rover dealer here replaces it with a Mercedies equivalent item #1266820026.
Sorry but I don't know what car this comes from but they did mine and it's much nicer than the standard Rover product.
It's a type of insulating foam and just needs a small bit of trimming.

You can buy a new genuine lining for about $115 - I am about to replace mine for the same reason, but now that I have read about the do-it-yourself stick on material I am going to do some more looking around before I do.