Hot front right wing/fender

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hlbeckley
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Hot front right wing/fender

Post by hlbeckley » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:18 am

So i had a rather "spirited" drive home last night, 10kms, ambient temp was 21.5c just after a rain shower.
I got home and touched the front right wing right above the gap between bonnet and wing and i could have cooked an egg on it it was so hot. I opened the bonnet and it was just that side what was hot. I had the lights on, halogen and white out indicators, but surely that would not have been the cause.

Please tell me its not a bust manafold pumping heat that direction. Any suggestions or similar experiences?
I did the same journey on the way into the office and touched the wing and it was ice cold. WTF :drink:

PS its an '04 B6. Tx

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Re: Hot front right wing/fender

Post by BlingBling » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:56 am

There are some coolant pipes that run inside the front right wing as you look at it. This is probably why it felt so hot.

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Re: Hot front right wing/fender

Post by hlbeckley » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:36 pm

Ok thanks for that..the update is.....the wing only gets hot AFTER i switch off the car and it sits for 2-5mins...so coolant pipe would make sense

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