i noticed that too...i'm thinking i'll either make some kind of rubber gasket out of an inner-tube, or grab some rubber cement and seal it off that way. It doesn't do anything, just makes it look incomplete. it's just a shield anyways, so either way should work.

 

was it the newer montes that didnt have it? my 04 monte has the triangular opening in that location.

 

My '01 has the triangular opening as well!

 

That's very neat FWI, cleans up the engine bay real well!

 

I was wanting to try this FWI, but not one single home improvement or hardware place here carries the ABS plastic pipe. Is there another kind of pipe that would work? I don't think that PVC would hold up to the heat.