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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 706290" data-attributes="member: 113">New discovery... after all this time, still possible to discover new things, imagine that.The rubber lining under the hood was sagging, after all these years. The lining goes all the way up to the aircond vent and around it, in two separate pieces.I had them changed to new lining which sits a lot taller compared to the old one.Two immediate benefits.The hood closes with a nicer sound, and more importantly, sits much better, lining up very straight. My long-time pet peeve is finally solved.Secondly, and amazingly, aircond is significantly cooler. Seems the lining also serves to isolate the airond intake vent from the hot air from the engine.Instead of running around with the temperature set at 22 deg or 23 deg, now 25 deg is enough.Which means better fuel consumption, more torque available, etc.And maybe its psychological, but the engine sounds quieter as well. It's possible that the new lining also helps in sound proofing, or maybe that's just my imagination.A simple change, but lots of benefit. I always thought something was wrong the aircond. Now I realise, its fine, just that it was fighting the heat from the engine bay all this while.Happy driving.</blockquote>