hoover bit?

Im going to have to make my own i think £25 is far too steep for me
I best transpose that diagram into metric first though otherwise im sure the end product wont fit lol

 

Point to note is that the hoover bit is also bolted to the fan housing, which leads to serious confusion when you're trying to pull it off ...

 

Just wedge some foam in there!

 

tbh i did a fair bit of looking at the hoover bit,[named after a hoover fella] who advised vw on it,

i looked at the oil cooler and the tin ware round it and there is only mm's of gap,
i have sealed it with some thin foam type stuff glued on to the cooler and the tinware when its fitted the gasp is sealed up...!

 

Apparently the hoover bit not only stops the cooling air being dumped out prematurly but also stops the tinware being flexed out under the pressure created by the fan also causing loss of cooling air
So i suppose using foam to seal the gap wouldent work once the fan is running full chat

 

Need to wedge thicker foam in there then!

 

Roflmao

 

Isn't there a screw for that?

 

Is it the screw that screws into the hoover bit?

 

It's at the bottom in the middle of the doghouse bit so I suppose it must.

 

It is. The hoover bit is meant to secure the side of the doghouse (and confuse you if you try to take the shroud off without undoing it )

 

Whilst reading round today aswell i found out that if you have an aftermarket dog house cooler scat etc and the stock vw hoover tin
That the gap on the aftermarket doghouse is wider and so the standard vw hoover doesent seal the gap properly

 

Hammer.

 

I think the Deimos people do a bigger one for (crappy) aftermarket stuff.

 

could be a good point...

 

an article which may prove the point ..

http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/vw-hoover-bit.html

 

RIP, Mr Hoover . Loads of good stuff on his blog...