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Belly pans? VW's love of black plastic
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:23 pm
by Phatman
I was thinking of removing the plastic belly pan from my 16v to make servicing easier. I reckon it would circulate more air over the gearbox too. What do you reckon?
Re: Belly pans? VW's love of black plastic
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:54 pm
by taylor86
Phatman wrote:I was thinking of removing the plastic belly pan from my 16v to make servicing easier. I reckon it would circulate more air over the gearbox too. What do you reckon?
more air also equals more s**t gettin it there.........ur car ur decision but i wouldnt do it
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:39 pm
by dragon_green
More drag too.
What would you hope to acheive by having more air moving over the gearbox?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:32 pm
by taylor86
dragon_green wrote:More drag too.
What would you hope to acheive by having more air moving over the gearbox?
^^^ true true.
guess mayb for cooling effects. but id say ud end up with a lot of trouble if you do it
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:43 pm
by twistedl
dont think it makes 2 much diff most people who go low take them off I took mine off as I used to get tons of stuff stuck down there from dropping things. A fair few polos didnt come with them any way
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:47 pm
by Phatman
Yeah, I've come to the conclusion it doesn't make much difference having it there or not. My last 6N didn't have one and I never had any problems at all. All my Golfs and Sciroccos never had them (apart from my TDi)
twistedl wrote:dont think it makes 2 much diff most people who go low take them off I took mine off as I used to get tons of stuff stuck down there from dropping things. A fair few polos didnt come with them any way
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:06 pm
by david burton
the 16v one actually channels air to the gearbox.
I'd leave it on. I cut a trap door in my 9N one to get oil out.
they make a massive difference to the state of the engine bay if you do a lot of miles. comparing an 8v mk4 to a 16v mk4 (with the pan) there was an unbelievable amount of crap getting in there.
it does help fuel economy and noise too.