Henry_b

Think outside, no box required.
Hmm

Been pondering this for a while, I did an EAS overhaul on a RRC LSE a good few weeks ago and those have the EAS compressor and valveblock mounted on the chassis with a whacking great vent in the side, and under operation they tend to stay quite cool..

For obvious reasons..

The P38 having it in the engine bay with absolutely 0 airflow seems to be a bit of a hinderance, especially considering the heat that lingers under the bonnet even under normal operation.

The Box has from what I can see 2 small vents, however they seem to do sweet phuque all in terms of heat dissipation.

Being that heat rises and all that Jazz would It be worth making some nice vents in the EAS box lid, maybe in the side, to allow excess heat to escape under operation...

EAS components from what I understand get quite toasty under normal conditions anyway, even when everything is in 100% tip top shape, but surely every little helps? eh?

Whats the collectives opinion on this....

Ahem...

Cheers Lads/Ladies
 
Hot air rises, heat is a scalar quantity (has no direction)

I agree it’s a heat trap there. Could run an air feed pipe from below. I removed my EAS box so there’s less heat trapped in with my FIP.
Or feed it from the scuttle area?
 
I seam to remember mention of another member on here a lady that put vents in her box and painted it a bright colour.
 
I drilled holes in my EAS lid years ago. I had problems with it faulting whilst towing from the Lake District-used my EAS light to reset it. Read the codes on my pc when home when it happened again-can't remember exactly as 8 years ago-but something to do with valveblock/drivers. Thought about it overheating as nowhere for hot air to escape. Drilled large holes and no further problems apart from a dodgy rear height sensor every few months.
 
I drilled holes in my EAS lid years ago. I had problems with it faulting whilst towing from the Lake District-used my EAS light to reset it. Read the codes on my pc when home when it happened again-can't remember exactly as 8 years ago-but something to do with valveblock/drivers. Thought about it overheating as nowhere for hot air to escape. Drilled large holes and no further problems apart from a dodgy rear height sensor every few months.
Hi great post, it just confirms the belief that those bods at Land Rover Design missed a few classes at college..!! The ones about convection etc.
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Tricky.:)
 
But you've got tooo much time on your hands.:p:D:D
Hey,.....
Your bloody right..
The garage has been dead this week and the back end of last...
I'm waiting for a big job to come off on the classic I have here. About 20hrs of work.
Elliotts 38' goes for it mot tomorrow and I cracked his bloody screen.... So funking angry with myself.. But ney matter.... ;)
 
Hey,.....
Your bloody right..
The garage has been dead this week and the back end of last...
I'm waiting for a big job to come off on the classic I have here. About 20hrs of work.
Elliotts 38' goes for it mot tomorrow and I cracked his bloody screen.... So funking angry with myself.. But ney matter.... ;)
S..t happens but like your attitude. Mine has about 6 cracks but still passed MoT thank god. If we have a bad cold spell it my split across :rolleyes: I may have to make an insurance claim if that happens, he said.
Tricky :cool:
 
S..t happens but like your attitude. Mine has about 6 cracks but still passed MoT thank god. If we have a bad cold spell it my split across :rolleyes: I may have to make an insurance claim if that happens, he said.
Tricky :cool:
I considered doing that with the Insurance but I never seem to get away with that kind of bloody thing???
 

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