What is this???

[Bricktop X PWR]

So,
I have washed my car, by hand, quite a few times since I got it (Sept 23) and I can't say I have ever noticed this.........

I only noticed it today when checking for stone chips.
As I looked round it, the active flaps were only just closing and I saw the gap.
On closer inspection I think it might be a sensor of some sort.
Not temperature though, as those are usually hidden.
Any one know for certain what it is?
Much obliged

 

[Ayoull]

It's air temperature sensor

 

[JustAnotherMidlifeCrisis]

President Xi’s webcam.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

It's air temperature sensor

Seems an odd place to be, out in the air flow?
They are usually tucked away behind the bumper or in the gap above the wheel arch liner.

Might be why some folk have such a large discrepancy between interior and exterior temps on the app?

 

[salty]

Grease Nipple.

 

[Themist0]

Looks like a big yellow arrow to me

 

[JonnyG]

Wow ... I've never noticed it either .

I've just washed my car today and I dry all the nooks and crannies with a hot air blaster (via a pet dryer). As I wanted the windows / cabin etc. reasonably warm I left the car switched on and noticed that the vertical flaps kept opening and shutting. I wonder if the blast of hot air from the pet dryer kept hitting this sensor and triggering this ? Can't believe I never saw it though !!!

 

[Archev]

So,
I have washed my car, by hand, quite a few times since I got it (Sept 23) and I can't say I have ever noticed this.........
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I only noticed it today when checking for stone chips.
As I looked round it, the active flaps were only just closing and I saw the gap.
On closer inspection I think it might be a sensor of some sort.
Not temperature though, as those are usually hidden.
Any one know for certain what it is?
Much obliged

It’s for nitro injection if you need a slightly swifter car I think.

 

[CooperS]

Im going to report everyone for going off topic including OP Rolfe Rolfe are you there……

 

[salty]

Im going to report everyone for going off topic including OP Rolfe Rolfe are you there……

Grass.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Agreed @CooperS!!

Can you please all stop taking the p i s s !!

 

[Surfdog]

Ambient Temp Sensor

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Ambient Temp Sensor

Thanks for the confirmation @Surfdog

I have never come across one so exposed before.
They are usually hidden away.

 

[dsimpkins]

You're all wrong, it's the continuum transfunctioner, a very mysterious and powerful device and it's mystery is exceeded only by its power.

 

[Coulomb]

I have never come across one so exposed before.
They are usually hidden away

My wild guess: it wants to sample the outside air temperature, to compare with bonnet air temperature, to see if opening the grill will make it hotter or colder. Hence its position in the air stream.

Edit: Slightly confirmed by the story of the flaps opening and closing with the hot air blast.

 

[tsedge]

Isn't that where you attach the crank handle to get her started?

 

[Ian Key]

Isn't it the cover where you attach the charging cable?

 

[Archev]

Isn't that where you attach the crank handle to get her started?

Oh for pity’s sake- don’t start all that again

 

[Archev]

Isn't it the cover where you attach the charging cable?
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There’ll be some smart icicle along in a minute saying “I’ve got better things to do in my life than hold that in the socket til the battery’s full”

 

[Torryhun]

Is it not MGs' equivalent of what Mr Bond, James Bond ,had sticking out the front of his car,