hi Richard. I guess they wanted to improve the intake air pressure going to the air filter box. I deleted that thing when I installed the Vanistan oil cooler... In my opinion that cover doesn't make sense.. Why block the flow of air? On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:29 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > When I had a 1.9 in my '85, the inlet to Air Cleaner went trough a port > hole, on Passenger Side, a black Fibreboard Cover. Does anyone know what > was the intended purpose of this cover? There was never a cover on > opposite Driver Side. Maybe for the biggest chance of clean cool air into > motor? > |
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