All,
Well, I went back to look under the hood. On each side there is a wedge seal attached to the hood that sits over the headlights. I have found this seal a little curious, as it seems pretty flimsy and to my untrained eye it looks to be the wrong way around with the pointed part of the wedge facing forwards.
Anyway, I would have thought, with that orientation, with air driving inbetween the hood and lights would force a gap in the seal. Therefore it seems to me that the angled part should be facing inwards, so that the air blast forces the wedge open and stops air entering the engine bay at the point. Funnily enough, the front end has been repaired and re-painted following a pickup dropping its load in front of me on the SMBZ road one night! Did they put it back together properly? Can anybody confirm?
With that thought in mind I cut up some pieces of old bicycle inner tube and gently wedged the pieces into the seal to force it open a bit more than it would otherwise be. Went for a drive and preseto, the hood hardly moves. It still rises a bit, but a fraction of what it did before.
I think when it is in for its 7500km I'll get Mr Futtaim to take a look. Habibi fix my car!
RevoG,
I keep meaning to try and join you guys, but I work most weekends. What to do
Hopefully sometime soon, I've joined your FB page. Hope to see you soon buddy
