I find this whole engine fire thread/ metal vs plastic thing hilarious. If there are those of you out there that have this engine fire phobia, replace your fuel lines....that is what causes an engine fire. Fuel, or fuel vapor. Not your selection of engine cover. The "safety concern" is a joke, period. I find the metal lids ridiculously heavy, and if your engine compartment seal is not up to snuff, resonate vibration through the car. The plastic ( a heavy molded plastic at that) does not have these properties, and is well insulated. I, too, have seen the plastic covers 84-up, the Metal ones 83 down. Adam P 81 westy (3 of them) 74 beetle 73 Transporter (at paint shop!) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" Vanagon Partsmobiles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dart 330" <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
> My plastic one is white, are the metal ones painted white? I would be > interested in purchasing a metal one for fire safety/less noise. What was > Chris' email address? > > >Why would you want to have a plastic engine compartment lid? > >Weight savings? Manufacturing cost? Sounds like a dumb idea. I say buy >a > >metal one from Chris... > > > >AB > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.