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Re: Engine cover!
« Reply #140 on: 27 June 2023, 21:32 »
MH, I think the issue was VW said they could wobble loose and rub on the hot turbo.
They were just foam mouldings on the Golf, the plastic lugs on the top of the engine merely plugged into foam sockets not rubber or plastic.




This was mine melted at the back after 18 months or so
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Re: Engine cover!
« Reply #141 on: 28 June 2023, 05:48 »
Quote from: Exonian on 27 June 2023, 21:32
MH, I think the issue was VW said they could wobble loose and rub on the hot turbo.
They were just foam mouldings on the Golf, the plastic lugs on the top of the engine merely plugged into foam sockets not rubber or plastic.




This was mine melted at the back after 18 months or so

I wonder whether they were experimenting with foam for insulation purposes (either sound insulation, or heat for a quicker warm up? Seems unlikely. Its all the kind of plastic
and solid pegs in holes we've been used to with previous incarnations on the S3s cover. Should be nothing to VW to order some like the S3, with a different badge recess to apply the VW roundel, or even mould it in.
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Re: Engine cover!
« Reply #142 on: 28 June 2023, 17:10 »
Talk of the devil.   :shocked: It looks good but yet to test the fit. 

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Re: Engine cover!
« Reply #143 on: 28 June 2023, 18:50 »
Quote from: EngineCover on 28 June 2023, 17:10
Talk of the devil.   :shocked: It looks good but yet to test the fit. 



So who had it?
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« Reply #144 on: 28 June 2023, 19:19 »
When I queried it I was told I had been given information for the wrong tracking number and it should arrive today, it did. Happy days. I’ve test fitted it and it mounts on the studs with the ball on the end already on the engine. It seems secure. I left it on with the engine idling, then a bit of revving and it didn’t come loose. I’ll post a picture with it fitted when I clean the dirt from the air cleaner etc. I’ll also go for a few runs to check it remains secure. We’ll see.
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« Reply #145 on: 05 July 2023, 16:51 »
I have had another attempt at securing the carbon fibre engine cover I bought (perhaps in desperation) via eBay. It does look good but it will not attach securely. They supply what looks like a specialised red tape to highlight parts on it.



I was sceptical when I bought it and I have emailed the seller but I am not hopeful. My fall back position was it might become garage wall art and I think this may be the case. Caveat emptor. Some you win, some you lose.
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« Reply #146 on: 05 July 2023, 18:04 »
Oh dear.

Wall art it is.

When it comes to mk8 engine covers it looks like a lose lose situation except maybe the S3 cover.
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« Reply #147 on: 05 July 2023, 18:12 »
I emailed the executive office at VW UK over a week ago with my witty (I thought so) poem re engine covers. I got an acknowledgement of receipt email but nothing since.  Perhaps not as witty as I thought!  :grin: I have a feeling I am not getting a reply.
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« Reply #148 on: 21 July 2023, 15:54 »
I emailed the VW UK executive office on Tuesday 27 June, 2023 and received an acknowledgment telling me they work hard to respond within 48 business hours. That’s now 24 days, or 18 working days or 432 hours. Still no response. That’s how much our custom/ concerns matter to VW. Our poll showed 46/47 owners, which potentially repesents car purchases to the value of around £1,600,000. That’s how much our custom/ concerns should matter to VW. This lack of engagement is partly why I have now sold my Mk8 GTI, not out of pique but amongst other reasons. If you are dissatisfied too, perhaps many other changing brand might elicit at least the courtesy of a reply. A replacement after the passing of 15 months is probably too much to expect. That’s how much our custom matters. What must the total value of cars/owners impacted by the confiscation amount to?

PS.I kept the carbon fibre engine cover I bought.
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Re: Engine cover!
« Reply #149 on: 26 July 2023, 07:38 »
Quote from: Ceefeesh on 21 July 2023, 15:54
I emailed the VW UK executive office on Tuesday 27 June, 2023 and received an acknowledgment telling me they work hard to respond within 48 business hours. That’s now 24 days, or 18 working days or 432 hours. Still no response. That’s how much our custom/ concerns matter to VW. Our poll showed 46/47 owners, which potentially repesents car purchases to the value of around £1,600,000. That’s how much our custom/ concerns should matter to VW. This lack of engagement is partly why I have now sold my Mk8 GTI, not out of pique but amongst other reasons. If you are dissatisfied too, perhaps many other changing brand might elicit at least the courtesy of a reply. A replacement after the passing of 15 months is probably too much to expect. That’s how much our custom matters. What must the total value of cars/owners impacted by the confiscation amount to?

PS.I kept the carbon fibre engine cover I bought.


It is shocking customer service from any manufacturer really never mind a premium brand! Don't think they will ever replace them tbh🤬
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