<VV> mythbusters and pickup beds

[shortle]

Folks, I am referring to driving with the TOP engine cover off. (I would not want to try this in a van). Not the "rear door" cover off. Sorry for the confusion.
Timothy Shortle in (hot) Durango Colorado


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>J R Read_HML wrote:
>> So, what effect (never thought to try it) would leaving the engine access 
>> door open (or removing it) on an FC have - in terms of engine heat?
>>   
>
>The effect would be to cause the engine to run hotter.  Opening the 
>engine access door will permit hot air, exhausted via the bottom of the 
>engine, to be drawn back in through the the open door.
>
>--Bob Marlow
>
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