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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: iansoutham on 28 June 2017, 05:00:36

Title: Undertray by radiator
Post by: iansoutham on 28 June 2017, 05:00:36

Okay, so here is a question for you all.....

The undertray that goes between the radiator and the engine block,is it really required?

I have a 4-pot engine so have a nice big hole there. Before I got the car, it had been removed to look at an oil pump issue by the guys at my VX dealership I worked in at the time but never replaced (typical of them). I have found one from a 2002 car (mine is a 97/98 MFL).

Worth replacing?

Title: Re: Undertray by radiator
Post by: Jimbob on 28 June 2017, 05:12:56

Well there are plenty out there without them....

However they do improve the airflow and therefore cooling.

Title: Re: Undertray by radiator
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 28 June 2017, 09:27:40

They also catch all the parts and tools that get dropped before they hit the road and roll down a drain.  :D

Title: Re: Undertray by radiator
Post by: Kevin Wood on 28 June 2017, 09:48:24

Quote from: Migv6 on 28 June 2017, 09:27:40

They also catch all the parts and tools that get dropped before they hit the road and roll down a drain.  :D

Yep, I'd have been stuffed without one when my water pump pulley fell off. :-[

Title: Re: Undertray by radiator
Post by: iansoutham on 28 June 2017, 11:49:48

Okay, that is good to know.

Next question, will a FL one fit a MFL? Differences near the bumper, etc.???

Title: Re: Undertray by radiator
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 28 June 2017, 12:50:46

Quote from: iansoutham on 28 June 2017, 11:49:48

Okay, that is good to know.

Next question, will a FL one fit a MFL? Differences near the bumper, etc.???

Yup. Subframe points are the same :y three panhead self tappers iirc each side :y