Sedona bonnet air intake missing?

[SedonaIreland]

Hi
I have an 03 Sedona 2.5LX, no complaints apart from the 20mpg fuel consumption, one query I have is that all other 03 Sedonas I've seen on the road have an air intake on the top of the bonnet and mine doesn't.
Anyone know why?

[sln8458]

I'll try & help then some can come & shoot me down

From your sig you have the 2.5 engine, this I believe is a petrol engine yes ?

The air intake you refer to on other Sedonas is, I think, the Intercooler intake fitted to the Diesel engines, & as yours is petrol no intercooler !

Fire proof overalls are now on

SteveN

[SedonaIreland]

Thanks SteveN, yes you are correct I am petrol so not having an intercooler would suggest no air intake, I guess the petrol version is just not popular .

Many Thanks for the explanation

John

[pepper]

he's right, you have a petrol version with the Rover KV6 engine, if you do a search for Landrover Freelander engine problems (same engine) you;ll see why everyone else has the Diesel engine!

My friends only managed 54000 miles before the head gaskets went.

[pepper]

oh and check out all the australian threads about the V6 engine on here too.

[SedonaIreland]

Thanks for the info pepper, athough I was led to believe that this problem had be resolved in the KV6 engine post 2002.

[pepper]

nah sorry, Rover never managed to stop the headgasket issues before they went bust either. I'd always keep a very close eye on your water levels if I were you, apart from that and the awful fuel consumption the engine was lovely.