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    metal lump hanging from engine??

    errr driving home, over a speed bump and heard this scrape. looked under the car and this is what i saw. any ideas??
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    transmitter for ejector seat... ?

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    lmao, if it is i'll be well happy. it looks as if its just a weight, theres no sensor or nout going to it. it looks useless, but i aint no expert!

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    Looks like its part of the bracket and the wield has gone, allowing it to rotate abou the LHS of the bit.
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    think its important?, cos i might just take it off??

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    Quote Originally Posted by DUNLY
    think its important?, cos i might just take it off??
    Fashion jewelary.. thats the way forward.
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    im thinking, that bracket is next to the engine mount? and that metal lump thingy is there so that the bracket doesnt collapse on itself under force?? lol oh i dunno

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    well its now off, and weighs a friggen ton.

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    I think it's one of the vibration dampers that was fitted to the 2 litre units. The V6 was deemed not to require it. There's a couple more, the locations are in the workshop manual. All they do is add mass to the thing they're connected to - Mass loading is quite effective at improving NVH.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran
    Mass loading is quite effective at improving NVH.
    NVH??

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    Noise, Vibration, Harshness or Harmonic
    Basically how much noise the car transmits into trhe cabin
    The design on a PAS system just changeing a hose could make the system noisey if the new hose is not 'tuned'
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