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Natlas

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 460

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green

2.2 Puma one cm square rubber strip dangling under radiator

Hi folks, I just found a cm square soft rubber strip about 20" long dangling from the area below the radiator.
Anybody got any idea where it came from

Thanks. 2.2 90 XS
88" Series One
Old Norton

Minerva

21st May 2015 9:47pm

nickhodgson

Member Since: 08 Dec 2009
Location: Zambia
Posts: 172

I believe there is supposed to be such a strip somewhere near the top of the radiator between it and the cowling? 1995 300tdi Defender 90 P/UP
2011 Puma Defender 130 D/C
2000 300tdi Defender 110 P/UP
2015 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE

22nd May 2015 8:16am

o4dn

Member Since: 08 Jan 2010
Location: South West
Posts: 530

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White

Yeah, had the same issue, in my case was a strip of foam that goes between the top of the radiator and the top plastic cover.

All I did was to remove the top cover and glue the strip back in place using double sided tape, job done

22nd May 2015 8:31am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

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Does it look like this?

if so, then it's as stated above and fits underneath the fan shroud. Glue they use must be quite poor, I'm thinking the shroud was taken off for the recall for the intercooler hose bracket that bolts to the side of the alternator. I also found that the lower shroud had not been clipped in properly to one of the two lower clips, so you might want to check that whilst you are there!

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22nd May 2015 10:26am

Cupboard

Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2971

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey

I've been meaning to post a similar thread about my 2.4 because that bit of foam fell out and I couldn't find where it came from. There isn't a slot that's quite the right size anywhere!

Does it matter if left out? I've done a few thousand miles without it but could put it back somewhere.

22nd May 2015 1:25pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

Have you tried fitting it in the groove under the fan shroud?

I think it's just there so stop the plastic rattling against the metal but there is also the plastic tube that links the expansion tank to the rest of the cooling system and you wouldn't want the two of them coming into contact.

I'd put it back in to be sure.

22nd May 2015 1:42pm

Natlas

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 460

Thanks Supacat, that is the part.

2.2 90 XS
88" Series One
Old Norton

Minerva

25th May 2015 8:54pm

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