Anyone know about these vents in the engine lid?

M16S VW Commited Dubber

54 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 28 Dec 2008, 11:05 pm

#686225

On our 62 Split. I can see that the wonderfully bolted on mesh isn't original... but I can't make my mind up on the vents. I've not seen them before on an engine lid, but they look too good to have been done by the same person who did the mesh! There's no signs of welding around them or filler either. So if they were put in, someone very skilled did it. Or perhaps it's an aftermarket lid? I'm not sure...

Anyone know anything about them, or why they were fitted?

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LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 29 Dec 2008, 5:51 am

#686239

looks like a louver press was used to make vents. Usually done as a hot country modification to allow more air to the motor or a subi conversion.

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2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 29 Dec 2008, 7:11 am

#686248

they may have been welded in behind the inner frame so you cant see it, can you see any joins under the mesh area?Definitely not a factory thing

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 29 Dec 2008, 9:30 am

#686265

yeah any sheetmetal monkey can do that. It may have ben done to let in more air (obviously!) for a rear-mounted radiator for a water-cooled engine conversion

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12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Dec 2008, 8:36 pm

#686347

M16S VW wrote:

Doesnt this show the louvres are welded in??

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1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 · 29 Dec 2008, 9:08 pm

#686359

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1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 29 Dec 2008, 9:21 pm

#686361

bizzare, i thought that too, ps - sheetmetal monkey here, but look closer, it appears to be the edge of the other part of sheet on the back of the lid as it goes all the way around, even has little welds on it, would be easy to put those louvers into the stock lid, the mesh ruins it tho, would of been better with more louvers, however personal taste, i would of reversed it so they stuck inwards, keeping the outside smooth-ish 👍

could someone put up a standard lid of the same vintage to compare, similar condition not nice & shiny would help...

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