Opening hood to allow quicker cooldown - good or waste of time?
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From: Was, Cali, 95XXX, now Bavaria 91XXX
993 cab, 2014 E63 AMG 4matic T
A lot of time I'm running into stop and go traffic on the way home. So oil and water temps run super high, main cooling fan is spinning as I pull into the garage. I can't imagine, leaving the hood closed after that. I can hear the little coolant pump run for a while, also the headlight fans chime in sometimes.
Last edited by EckFe1; Mar 28, 2023 at 12:58 AM.
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This might sound weird but does constantly opening and closing the hood cause damage (like vibration damage, I understand the road will cause way more vibration but am I the only one worried about the loud bang when closing the hood causing damage?), how do you guys prefer to close the hood, close it till a few inch and drop it or pull it down and then push it close (does that bend the hood)? Sorry I am just a worry bug.
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This might sound weird but does constantly opening and closing the hood cause damage (like vibration damage, I understand the road will cause way more vibration but am I the only one worried about the loud bang when closing the hood causing damage?), how do you guys prefer to close the hood, close it till a few inch and drop it or pull it down and then push it close (does that bend the hood)? Sorry I am just a worry bug.
My biggest worry is wearing out the cable till it breaks from the daily use. If it’s anything like a BMW setup, pretty much SOL.
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Thanks for your comment OP, guess I wasn't alone worrying about these things. Do you drop the hood a few inches from closing or just slam it when it is in the fully opened position?
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Slam it when it’s about a foot or two above the latch. The latching mechanism looks to be pretty robust. I’m not worried about slamming it hard because after I started seeing the warning, a thread on this site talked about it needs to be slammed hard in order to not get that warning. Haven’t had any issues since.
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Slam it when it’s about a foot or two above the latch. The latching mechanism looks to be pretty robust. I’m not worried about slamming it hard because after I started seeing the warning, a thread on this site talked about it needs to be slammed hard in order to not get that warning. Haven’t had any issues since.
