Heard a scraping noise from under the engine bay while out driving earlier this week. Assumed it was a plastic bag or twig and left it to the week-end to see if it was still there.

When I had a look under the engine, I found this dangling from the underside of the engine:






The u-shaped end was wrapped around the hexagonal hole in the picture below, while the flat end was scraping along the floor:



Any ideas what the plastic shroud is? Does it belong on the XKR? If so, is it important and does it need to be re-fitted? Or can I just ignore it? What does the plastic hexagonal duct do?

Best wishes, Colin

 

Hi.


Part of generator air duct.

 

Tusen takk!

MVH, Colin

 

The 2 cutouts arrowed in yellow clip onto the Undertray and the Duct is secured with a single hexagon bolt through the hole arrowed in red.



Graham

 

Exactly what does the generator air duct do--to what is it providing air?

Doug

 

air flow to cool the alternator

 

My wife's XK8 was missing this cheap plastic duct when we purchased the car not quite two years ago. I ordered one ($34 with a discount - in reality it should sell for no more than five bucks) and installed it. My personal belief is that our alternators will do just fine without it....

 

Re-fitted it this afternoon - thanks for all the help!

Best wishes, Colin