Engine cover!

[monkeyhanger]

Thanks Adam T7. I'll try and get her email and give it a go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I found this on another forum; I normally don't look at other forums.

https://www.trocforums.co.uk/threads/t-roc-r-engine-cover-recall.3261/
Unfortunately to date no email address.

Tony Jazz, my £200 dry carbon fibre, engine cover, from Ali Express has been despatched. Due here next month. If you hold off I'll let you know how it goes.

However, as I feared, having finished the rest of my mods, I am restless and I am now having a tentative look around at S3s, M135 and GTIs. If I can find a candidate that lets me avoid the silly, luxury tax, I am not sure if it exists but I am interested in something up to 18 months old with a decent spec and low miles. Some maybes so far but nothing that has given me the OOhhh feeling yet.

For an S3 at least, I'm not sure you'll get anything under 2 years old that avoids the luxury tax, and nearly new prices are silly all round. The S3 comes with a £3k deposit contribution and dealerships in general seem receptive to giving around £1500 of their own margin in discount. With that in mind, if you were after an S3, it'd probably be cheaper to buy new and cop for the extra VED than buy a year old. On the Audi website you can also check out the "in stock" cars - these have been built and have no allocated customer, about to ship to a dealer as stock. Beats waiting 18 months for some of VAG's other offerings, if you're impatient. You will also get an engine cover. 

[Ceefeesh]

I am seeking some help. I have an (maybe humorous to some) email ready to go to VW re replacement engine covers but it might be helpful to know how many members on here have had their covers confiscated and when and if they would like a replacement. I think a poll to identify numbers would be good but as I have no experience of Simple Machines Forum I am not sure how to add this. I have looked at YouTube but I don't seem to have the screens they have. If anyone can assist please PM me. Thanks.

[GtIOlly]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-KwGDIOapqUXYI6O61W3tiVVWLvTISSqCbR6EbO7Y27b2Ng/viewform?usp=sf_link

[GtIOlly]

See if that works , if not I can make another tomorrow with some different questions

[Vinyl_Addict]

No Engine cover on my new 2023 clubby picked up on Friday.   

[davo245]

No Engine cover on my new 2023 clubby picked up on Friday.   

Nice any pics? How long did you wait for delivery?

[Ceefeesh]

I am blighted by engine cover problems. Thinking I’d organise my own replacement I ordered a carbon fibre cover on May 13. Today I saw a  notification that it had been delivered on 21st June at 3.31pm. Not at my house! I am now squabbling with the seller, in China, to see if they can discover from the courier where it was delivered. I can’t even identify the courier. Caveat emptor. Engine covers, 🤬.

[davo245]

I am blighted by engine cover problems. Thinking I’d organise my own replacement I ordered a carbon fibre cover on May 13. Today I saw a  notification that it had been delivered on 21st June at 3.31pm. Not at my house! I am now squabbling with the seller, in China, to see if they can discover from the courier where it was delivered. I can’t even identify the courier. Caveat emptor. Engine covers, 🤬.

Think your issue is ordering from China not the cover itself!

[Dav3smith]

Firstly I'm not looking for a fight here, just making an observation.

The reason we have had a recall on our engine covers as I understand it is the potential for them to catch fire.
I can't imagine any non OEM part certainly one from China having any less chance of catching fire.
Also if the worst did happen and your car caught fire and it was found to be from your new engine cover I wonder what the insurance company would say.
A quick online search comes up with a few aftermarket engine covers but I personally am far more happy to just leave mine naked than pop on one of these, I just can't imagine they have spent any money on R&D to solve the problem.

Anyway as I said not looking for an argument I just wouldn't touch a non genuine one myself, or for that matter a genuine one until it's free from burning me alive.

[monkeyhanger]

Firstly I'm not looking for a fight here, just making an observation.

The reason we have had a recall on our engine covers as I understand it is the potential for them to catch fire.
I can't imagine any non OEM part certainly one from China having any less chance of catching fire.
Also if the worst did happen and your car caught fire and it was found to be from your new engine cover I wonder what the insurance company would say.
A quick online search comes up with a few aftermarket engine covers but I personally am far more happy to just leave mine naked than pop on one of these, I just can't imagine they have spent any money on R&D to solve the problem.

Anyway as I said not looking for an argument I just wouldn't touch a non genuine one myself, or for that matter a genuine one until it's free from burning me alive.

I wonder what the issue really is with these. My S3 has an engine cover, same engine as the Golf R, with a 10ps detuned. Audi are fitting these right now, and I don't think there has been a time for the current model (8Y), where they haven't fitted, or recalled, so it's not like they had an issue like the Golf has - wonder whethercthe cover has a design flaw, or the engine set up (even on the same engine) itself has something hot touching the cover that's not the case on the S3, either through design or insulation.