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<blockquote data-quote="bal3056" data-source="post: 57274" data-attributes="member: 584">Bimmerman may be right,&nbsp; the underhood temp can be very high and needs venting away the hot air trapped inside.&nbsp; I noticed my E34 when you open the bonnet, there&#039;s a rubber seal at the front of bonnet and another one at/near the windshield cowl area that runs to the sides as well.&nbsp; So i guess when it is shut, the rubber seals all the hot air inside. GREAT for wintery weather to increase temp fast.&nbsp; But so far my E34 hasn&#039;t reached over-centre-mark yet even in worst hot days, but do feel the car sluggish at centre temp.&nbsp; When it goes down to midway bet 1/4 &amp; 1/2, it performs quite well.Maybe, just maybe ..... we need to take off the front bonnet seal &amp; the side seal to allow outside cooler air to flow thru the gaps.&nbsp; The rear seal is a bit risky as the ECUs/fuses are located there,&nbsp; we don&#039;t want water damaging the electronics/circuitry, do we?I noticed most Jap cars don&#039;t have these seals for front and sides, the cars that I know of.&nbsp; Maybe the newer generation ones do have them.HM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bal3056, post: 57274, member: 584"] Bimmerman may be right, the underhood temp can be very high and needs venting away the hot air trapped inside. I noticed my E34 when you open the bonnet, there's a rubber seal at the front of bonnet and another one at/near the windshield cowl area that runs to the sides as well. So i guess when it is shut, the rubber seals all the hot air inside. GREAT for wintery weather to increase temp fast. But so far my E34 hasn't reached over-centre-mark yet even in worst hot days, but do feel the car sluggish at centre temp. When it goes down to midway bet 1/4 & 1/2, it performs quite well. Maybe, just maybe ..... we need to take off the front bonnet seal & the side seal to allow outside cooler air to flow thru the gaps. The rear seal is a bit risky as the ECUs/fuses are located there, we don't want water damaging the electronics/circuitry, do we? I noticed most Jap cars don't have these seals for front and sides, the cars that I know of. Maybe the newer generation ones do have them. HM [/QUOTE]

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