the guy that owned my EGT before me had hit the bumper, dunno how many times... but that plastic piece was all cracked into pieces and he tie wrapped them all back on, well one Tuesday evening i got sick of looking at it hanging down, so I jacked the car up, (putting stands under it), got under there and started cutting the tie wraps off, and took out the plastic pieces. Now if it rains too much and i go thru puddles, it gets into the alternator and about kills my car, my solution is 1. (if i have to drive through puddles), I put the clutch in and rev it until i´m out of the water and 2. avoid the water altogether. Number 2 usually tends to work the best. that piece should probably stay there, but I had no choice. it looked like it was about to fall off itself.