WTF is this in my engine bay? (Pics included)

[jesus]

It's a piece of metal with some sort of spring on it in front of the airbox (closest to the bonnet), and seems to be holding a clip, where some wires clip into. Does anyone know what I'm talking about without me getting a pic as it's pitch black? It seems to have melted the plastic off my radiator!

Edit: pics on their way...

 

[Bluebeard]

Re: WTF is this in my engine bay?

Need pics dude! Can you find a picture of somone elses bay on here and just circle it?

 

[sideways danny]

Re: WTF is this in my engine bay?

what the f**k are you drivelling on about?

 

[jesus]

Re: WTF is this in my engine bay?

Nobody who has seen it has ever seen it before. I'm uploading pics now.

 

[jesus]

Re: WTF is this in my engine bay?

 

[Bluebeard]

FLOL!!! I have never seen that before in my life!

 

[Da]

Looks like a heater element of some kind! :S

 

[Will.]

Its a bomb

 

[jesus]

As I say it's got some wiring going into a clip that's attatched to it. It's melted a huge bit out of the plastic on my rad, or at least something around there has. Any ideas?

 

[f0xy]

It looks like the resistor for the standard radiator fan, usually is covered by the plastic of the radiator itself - either the plastics broke off or its something else

 

[jesus]

It looks like the resistor for the standard radiator fan, usually is covered by the plastic of the radiator itself - either the plastics broke off or its something else

The plastic has all melted away near the bottom of this spring thing. The whole thing can move like it's on some sort of hinge, where are they usually? Could this be what's melted the rad, as I'm having coolant problems too?

 

[sideways danny]

normally sits so it's inside the fan cowling and cooled I believe

 

[jesus]

So that could be the cause of the melting? Is it bolted to the wrong place entirely?

 

[sideways danny]

yes definitely doesn't go there, that's where the front airbox bracket goes.

if you pull the airbox out and have a look at the fan cowling, you might be able to see a hole in it where that would fit (or another one that's not plugged in maybe)

 

[tonksy26]

Your having problems already lad ??? Should of stuck with the scoob

 

[jesus]

Cheers, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. The engine seems to be drinking coolant too, not overheating though and no s**t in the oil cap. Could this all be related, and I have a fooked radiator? I'm thinking it has been front-ended at some point.

 

[sideways danny]

Cheers, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. The engine seems to be drinking coolant too, not overheating though and no s**t in the oil cap. Could this all be related, and I have a fooked radiator? I'm thinking it has been front-ended at some point.

most likely a bodge fix of a related issue, rather than the cause

 

[Tobs]

lol, rip it out and found out if anything happens

maybe the owner before was trying to do a new york car bomb fail again