Thanks. Something to think about. Cost?

 

JAG500042PMA is the part number I used last time, it is now about 68.00

 

replaced it a few months back already. ~$90 from Atlantic British

 

Hmmm....for me that's about $105 including sales tax and shipping. That's a lot of beer for something that'd be purely cosmetic and doesn't bother me...much.

I'm pretty neurotic about my Rover; $hit has to be pretty near perfect. The cowling only has one small bubble, so for now I will live with it.

Thanks for the information!

 

Well it is the thing that keeps water from getting into your HVAC system so I didn't have a problem shelling out for it

I did get away with taping it up for a while though.

 

The step 25 picture here, shows the cabin air intake opening, under the cowl. If you peek into that opening, you see the cabin air filter.

What happens is water starts going into the cabin, and of course, all the electronics. If you are lucky you notice the wet carpet, filter first... if not.. something else goes wrong.

Another good reason, to carefully inspect, and clean your battery box, is it's proximity to ECU's on older models, and fuses, etc. I'm not sure the year cut off on that one. I find it amazing though, that the same crap keeps breaking, and nothing changes..

http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/thum...hp?album=23183

 

Below is a clip of a review of a 2015 LR4 - the Land Rover electronics design guys found a new way to put the 4 into safe mode - the cool box did it!

The article ends by suggesting the fault might be an isolated one, however the fact the LR already knows of it suggests otherwise.


I returned the vehicle the following afternoon and explained that it wasn’t working as intended with one request: the mechanic needed to call me and explain what went wrong. After all, one fuse can cause all sorts of problems, but that would hardly be cause for concern. Then the phone call came.

According to the dealership, the cool box in the center console feeds electrical current back into the other electrical systems. From what I was told, that caused the truck to disable certain components and electronic controls – the air suspension, cruise control, stability control, hill descent control and emergency braking system – to shield them from damage. I’m told that Land Rover is aware of the problem and developing a replacement part that won’t cause system failure. It isn’t a question of hitting some sort of reset switch, either; the truck needs an entirely new cool box before it can function normally again.

It’s totally possible that my case is an isolated one.

 

@DavC: I've already addressed the water ingress issue with jerry-rigged baffling to guide the water away from the heater.

 

I have promised some pics so here ya go. Last pic is the cowl painted and with the rubber strip at the top taped off.

 

My custom deflector using a piece of aluminum I had. The washers I used had a bonded rubber gasket. I chose to use allen head bolts thinking a curved allen wrench would be easier to squeeze through a small opening. It worked out just fine. What you don't see here is a string I tied to the opposite end of the allen wrench just in case I dropped it on top of the air filter. This way I could just easily pull it back up. The pic of the bolts shows a piece of rubber sheet and a larger washer. I decided to go this route because the outer most hole is elongated. I also put locktight on the threads and double nutted it with a lock washer in between. All of that plus the rubber gaskets means it should never come loose on it's own.