SPendrey Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi, forgive me for maybe misdescribing this, but here goes... There's a kind of sponge/foam stuff across the entire front of what I assume is the air intake (for cooling you down, not the car) running horizontally just under the wipers and under the bonnet. It is a grey plastic feeling foam, except mine just seems to crumble to nothing when touched. So, I plan to replace it, but what with? Regular sponge will probably absorb and hold water. Is there a specific type of sponge, or anything else? Thanks, Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Take it all out, be a man and filter out the flies between your teeth I guess you can buy it as a spare part, but I've never tried. Most of them go like that with age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Fine SS mesh, painted black. If you replace it with more foam, it will just rot again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I replaced my 11 year old foam last year, I went aquarium shop and got some plastic filter foam. It comes as flat sheet enough to do three discos about £3.50 a sheet, there's several grades/density of foam so take some of your existing stuff along to match up although you will need the light density one, the one you can see a bit of light through, some of the filter foam is high density which wouldn't let the air flow through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Like the sound of the plastic filter foam, I expect the car will rot before the steel mesh (idea) would! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Some quick photos of the stuff, one side is dimpled the other flat, can see some light and the thickness is 25mm to the tips which I trimed flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 So, got the foam and popped it in. Looks fine, but I can't actually understand the point of this 'thing'. It isn't covering an air intake as far as I can see, it is just filling the gap between the bonnet and the windscreen wiper area. So, what is the foam for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 It stops flys The bottom of the screen is a pressure area therefore the heater picks up it's intake of air from there. The foam is filter between the intake and the outside world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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