Hood lining missing?

[M2]

Just got my 135i. Love the car more than I imagined, but looking under the hood I see there is no hood liner, like in the trunk lid. Is this normal for the 135i. Is it due to the twin turbos needing better air flow. I know the bottom vents are for the turbos but I figured there has to be a reason and that's the only conclusion I could come to. Can anyone enlighten me.

Also, I did search on this topic and tried many different words and titles, but nothing comes up.

[wtiger127]

Can you provide a picture? I would like to see/learn about this.

[M2]

I will take some pic's in a min... its the insulation that is usually under the hood of a car. I have seen the 128's have it but I don't know about the 135.

[atr_hugo]

While mine has an underhood insulation liner - some haven't - I'm clueless as to why some do and others don't - this question has shown up in a couple of threads and the last I heard was that if you don't have one you won't get one (free at least). But it wouldn't hurt to complain (politely ; -).

Here's a pic:

[atr_hugo]

For grins I added a poll to this M2 - I wonder if the absence of a hood liner is determined by transmission choice. Hope you don't mind (too much ; -).

[M2]

I dont mind at all... if anything it helps. thanks,

[atr_hugo]

Well - that idea's busted - we got folks with hood liners and manuals and those without. Let me try something else.

[yourfriend]

no liner, built in june, automatic 128i

[Tom K.]

Liner - April build - 128i vert - manual trans.

Tom

[warmtoes]

Just checked, foam like hood liner 135i vert built at the end of April/beginning of May I believe.

[gan08]

no liner - Feb build - 135 - manual trans

[Xii]

I don't have a liner and I have a manual transmission I have a before May build.

[jbenington86]

early may build 128i 6mt i have liner

[scs]

135i 6mt - built before april - no liner

[nordique14]

135i vert 6mt - week 14 build with hood liner

[hbiscuit]

hmm kind of want to remove my hoodliner...

[Swift135]

135 manual, Feb build, no hood liner, even with outside temp of 10 degrees celsius I can see a heat shimmer just above the hood after 15 minutes of driving.

[jbenington86]

Originally Posted by Swift135

135 manual, Feb build, no hood liner, even with outside temp of 10 degrees celsius I can see a heat shimmer just above the hood after 15 minutes of driving.

so would no lining let the heat get away from the engine better?

[Nice1]

135i manual- april '08 build - hoodliner included

[TP 135i]

Feb build date and no liner..........but the poll categories changed???
When I voted they were just the transmission choices now they are build months. I voted for MT and no liner but I didn't vote for a build date. How is this now accurate? :iono:

[atr_hugo]

I changed them to test theories - the latest doesn't work either. I was hoping a pattern would emerge that showed some logic behind why some would get liners and others didn't.

At first I thought it may be selecting premium package got you the head liner. But the OP has ZPP. Then I tested if it was transmission selection. Nope. Last I tried testing build date - and that doesn't fit a pattern either. So I'll close the poll and maybe chalk up the reason for not getting a hood liner as being one of life's little mysteries (courtesy of BMW ; -).

[Swift135]

Originally Posted by jbenington86

so would no lining let the heat get away from the engine better?

It is a big surface area for the heat to radiate away from. Good idea while air is moving over the car but in a traffic jam you could fry an egg on the hood.