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Just bought a 2018 gla. I noticed that hood still extremely hot to the touch, especially on right and left edges. This normal??
My bad. I agree with you, M270 series engines do not run any hotter than similar engines. I popped the hood open, removed the inner sound shroud and found out that I could still put my bare hands on the top of engine head on intake side. The heat is generated by the turbo, there is an intercooler at bottom of radiator and when the cooling comes more heat is dissipated. The hot air gets pushed up at front of the engine, and if you look at underside of the hood there are three vents, and was wondering if the hood acts like a plenum to dissipate the blown heat from the engine cowl.With all due respect... GLA engines do not run very hot. I know engines which run hot and these are not it.
Where is the intercooler actually, i c the air entering to the box and then straight to the charger??