Bottom engine cover on 90s

[Elliott Potter]

Grant Lenahan wrote:
> 
> >After struggling with this one too many times...
> >
> >Does anybody have any tricks for reinstalling that plastic cover on the
> >bottom of the engine on the 90's?!?
> Carefully move forward, away from the car, and quickly turn it
> sideways into the trash can.
> Grant

I tried something like this the other day; I thought "why is this stupid
thing here anyway?"
So I propped it against the wall and off I went.  Here's what I noticed:

-On the freeway, the road/wind/ambient noise is noticeably louder
-Standing outside the car when it's idling, you can hear an unhealthy
ticking noise (my fault, and it's fixed now, but the cover muffled the
noise a lot)

Then I drove in the rain, and next time I opened the hood, the entire
engine bay, bottom up, including the top of the engine and the hood pad,
were covered in mud.  DOH!

So it does do something, I guess.  It's much easier to put on if the car
is jacked up a few inches.
--
Elliott