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In a motor vehicle a water-cooled internal combustion engine serving as the driving engine is enclosed by a sound-absorbing capsule partly formed by the surrounding parts of the vehicle. At the front wall of this capsule a housing is provided to receive the air flowing off from the radiator, from wh

In a motor vehicle a water-cooled internal combustion engine serving as the driving engine is enclosed by a sound-absorbing capsule partly formed by the surrounding parts of the vehicle. At the front wall of this capsule a housing is provided to receive the air flowing off from the radiator, from which housing a closed air duct passes through the capsule, leading into the outside at one of the other capsule walls.

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A motor vehicle, comprising a water-cooled internal combustion driving engine transversely mounted and having a flange-mounted gearbox, a radiator and an associated fan, walls defining a completely enclosed, sound-absorbing capsule containing said engine and said gearbox, said walls being at least p

A motor vehicle, comprising a water-cooled internal combustion driving engine transversely mounted and having a flange-mounted gearbox, a radiator and an associated fan, walls defining a completely enclosed, sound-absorbing capsule containing said engine and said gearbox, said walls being at least partly formed by surrounding parts of the vehicle and a top comprising an engine hood of the vehicle, and one of said walls comprising a separate bottom plate at the lower side of said capsule, a separate housing located within said capsule for receiving cooling air flowing off from said radiator, said housing being closed relative to the interior of said capsule and comprising part of a front wall of said capsule, an air duct located within said capsule and being closed relative to the interior of said capsule, said air duct being partly formed by at least one section of the walls of said surrounding capsule and being in open communication with said housing for carrying the outflow of cooling air and leading from said housing to the outside of said capsule through another of said walls thereof, and said air duct extending through said capsule, adjacent a cylinder block of said engine and lying above said gearbox.