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Offline GTI Leeds

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2012, 05:02:19 pm »
Love it, thats how mine will look when its finished in spray booth at work.  :happy2:

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2012, 06:26:04 pm »
Looks the dogs,  :happy2: really need to get mine sorted  :ashamed:
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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2012, 06:28:53 pm »
The FSI badge in black will look better IMO

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2012, 07:06:07 pm »
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Looks very good IMO. Not OTT and very well finished.  :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

I think I would have also picked out the TURBO word though.


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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2012, 11:25:22 pm »
masked the FSI as it was quite easy (large letters) think I might scrape the red off the 'turbo' and go from there. possibly hand paint the FSI and Turbo in black.

Just as a note for anyone else, I was not happy with just using the two mounting points on the front of the cover 9lost the back two due to modifying the cover) as it still seemed quite loose, so I drilled a hole at the back of the cover and inserted a tie wrap to the rubber connecting pipe of the twintake and the engine cover and it seems pretty much sorted, no movement.

Tie wraps are pretty cheap so quite happy cutting and replacing as and when rather than having a loose cover in the bay!

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2012, 12:08:20 am »
Fancy modding my cover for me?? This one looks mega..and a top job.

Bought a second to 'mod' about a year ago..and I'm still to start the project..


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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2012, 12:49:01 am »
Whilst this does look the dogs bellox, am I not correct in thinking that a cover, if anything, mite in fact shorten the life of yr coil packs??

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2012, 12:51:53 am »

Whilst this does look the dogs bellox, am I not correct in thinking that a cover, if anything, mite in fact shorten the life of yr coil packs??


....I'm surprised by that. I would have thought that an engine cover potentially lengthens the life of coilpacks because it protects them from the weather. The amount of splashing etc you see on an engine cover shows the extent of ingress.
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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2012, 07:30:40 am »
Very nice  :happy2:
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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2012, 09:30:32 am »

Whilst this does look the dogs bellox, am I not correct in thinking that a cover, if anything, mite in fact shorten the life of yr coil packs??


....I'm surprised by that. I would have thought that an engine cover potentially lengthens the life of coilpacks because it protects them from the weather. The amount of splashing etc you see on an engine cover shows the extent of ingress.

Tempted to agree with you there Robin. Water ingress was obviously present on this failed coil pack (mine).



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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2012, 09:36:55 am »

 Was that by any chance cylinder 4?

A little grease around the sealing rubber lip of the coil helps resolve the water ingress

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2012, 09:37:49 am »
What happened to the top of it! Lol  :surprised:

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #27 on: July 08, 2012, 11:04:59 am »
Whilst this does look the dogs bellox, am I not correct in thinking that a cover, if anything, mite in fact shorten the life of yr coil packs??

So why does every car manufacture supply cars with an engine cover?

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2012, 11:16:57 am »

 Was that by any chance cylinder 4?

A little grease around the sealing rubber lip of the coil helps resolve the water ingress

Yes this was cylinder 4. This was one of the original revisions that went with no warning.

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Re: My Modified Engine Cover - Comments please
« Reply #29 on: July 08, 2012, 11:55:46 am »
Ian, are u suggesting that VW do everything for a reason, lol?? I was led to believe that my coil packs mite be better off now that my cover is off, as they will stay cooler! Of course, the Independent VW Specialist who told me this cud b well off the mark!?