What’s this for?

[jody391]

Daft one maybe, what’s the purpose of this aluminium block?

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Daft one maybe, what’s the purpose of this aluminium block?

Its a cover for the injectors essentially.

In the event of a front end crash, it stops the injectors dismounting the block and squirting fuel all over a hot engine.

Lots of people remove them, I did when i had my 182, but with hindsight I should have kept it!

 

[jody391]

I assumed it was a heat sink of some kind!

 

[Bankrupt_drunk]

People remove them to save weight and for easier access to the oil filter. But they are there for a good reason.