engine lower panel removal
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I have removed my lower engine panel to allow access to the engine compartment. I decided to leave it off a while. When you do this the side plastic panels under the car have no support. I built up some connecting rods to fix this. Here are pictures of the panel I removed. I now have easy access to this area. I am currently checking my gas mileage without the panel. Here is a picture of the panel.
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Homemade braces for lower plastic side panels
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Here is a picture of the braces for that tie the lower plastic panels together now.
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Cool pics. However, there is nothing protecting the oil can if something should hit it underneath so yeah put it back on soon as you can.
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How difficult would it be to make a door in the shroud for filter access without pulling the whole thing off?
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Originally Posted by GeorgeL
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How difficult would it be to make a door in the shroud for filter access without pulling the whole thing off?
For me oil changes will happen every 6 months so it's not too big of a deal to take it off and put it back on when done. I've done this a few times with my 2012 Civic Hybrid. Although they made the access door just big enough to access the oil filter and drain bolt. And only like 8 screws to deal with. |
I had a Panzer Plate on my '00 New Beetle TDI (¼" aluminum panel that replaced the flimsy OEM plastic shield), and it had a hole under the oil drain plug with a pop-in panel to keep road dirt out while driving. The TDI engine had a cartridge-style oil filter removed from the top, where our Fits have a spin-on removed from below… so I don't see any good way around having to remove the panel for each oil change unless you were to cut a large hole and fab up a removable panel held in with dzus fasteners or something.
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