Air guide arrangement in engine room

Claim 1

In an engine cooling arrangement in an engine room of a vehicle, said arrangement including an air intake grill through which air is introduced into the engine room, a radiator located between said air intake grill and said engine permitting the air from said intake grill to pass through said radiator before reaching the engine and a motor-driven fan located in the vicinity of the radiator to positively produce air flow passing through said radiator, an air guide arrangement comprising: an air flow enclosure member removably disposed on an undercover of the engine room between said radiator and said engine to divert and guide the air flow which has passed through the radiator from contacting the engine, said enclosure member including a box-shaped body of generally wedge-like profile, said body having an inlet opening in a vertical side which faces the inboard side of said radiator, an outlet opening in a horizontal side which faces said undercover and a smoothly curved portion for smoothly guiding the air flow from said inlet opening toward said outlet opening; means for detachably connecting said enclosure member adjacent the inboard side of said radiator so that air flowing through said radiator is guided into said inlet opening, the detachable connecting means permitting the removal of said enclosure member from the engine room whereby when the enclosure is removed air flowing through said radiator contacts the engine; and means defining a discharging opening in said undercover of the engine room facing said outlet opening of the air flow enclosure member, so that the air from said outlet opening is discharged from said discharging opening into the open air under said engine room.