Darpod14
Member
That looks fantastic ?Just taken. Needs a wipe over
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Really like the look with the pipe work, is that original just sprayed also? I tip my hat sir ?
TDI engine cover - ideas
- Thread starter Birchall
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Really like the look with the pipe work, is that original just sprayed also? I tip my hat sir ?
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Yup, just original parts pimped up!That looks fantastic
Really like the look with the pipe work, is that original just sprayed also? I tip my hat sir
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Darpod14
Member
Anything special needed to unclip it and remove for painting? Or just unscrew and away you go?
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Undo the nuts and go for it. I think the anti vibration mount on the intake pipe may need attention, mine did, but other than that, I got nut covers to tidy things up
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2work
Well Known Member
Steve @Birchall,
Apologies for the slight thread deviation over the last few posts regards my own tinkering.
As we now know at least 2 members have had some success in applying something (paint) on top of the factory cover, is it worth looking at something we could adhere on top of what we already have under our bonnet. Along the lines of attaching something from an existing VAG engine cover and making it look like it’s always been there. This would save the cost of getting something fabricated and could look good. Surely something is out there already waiting to be attacked with a Dremel.
There is of course the risk that adding something on top would just look utterly stupid:
Too much???
Kind regards,
Tom
Apologies for the slight thread deviation over the last few posts regards my own tinkering.
As we now know at least 2 members have had some success in applying something (paint) on top of the factory cover, is it worth looking at something we could adhere on top of what we already have under our bonnet. Along the lines of attaching something from an existing VAG engine cover and making it look like it’s always been there. This would save the cost of getting something fabricated and could look good. Surely something is out there already waiting to be attacked with a Dremel.
There is of course the risk that adding something on top would just look utterly stupid:
Too much???
Kind regards,
Tom
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Ah, Tom, now yer talking! Would just need to record that engine then play it over the throb of our 3 cylinders!
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A2Steve
A2OC Donor
Pretty sure I’ve got one there Tom.
2work
Well Known Member
PM en route sir
audifan
A2OC Donor
It needs to bend in the middle to fit under the fresh air intake at the back and under the air intake pipe at the front. All the fibre ones split around the tandem pump area. With all the resources Audi had at their disposal when developing and manufacturing the A2, I honestly think had there been an alternative from the VAG group it would have been utilised at the time. The flexing and vibration absorbing properties of the fibre cover was their solution.
Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
One of the reasons that Audi didn’t bother much with making the cover look good was because the theory is that you don’t take the bonnet off normally. So why would they invest in something “pretty” if it would never be seen.
also, the solutions involving exposing the rocker cover mean that you are losing the sound insulation. They are not the quietest engines around. In fact if I am selling an A2 I never start the engine until they are inside the car, if you are not used to the sound of an A2 engine it can put people off.
So I would think that finding a solution that goes over the fibre sound deadening or one that includes some is the way to go.
just my thoughts.
Steve B
also, the solutions involving exposing the rocker cover mean that you are losing the sound insulation. They are not the quietest engines around. In fact if I am selling an A2 I never start the engine until they are inside the car, if you are not used to the sound of an A2 engine it can put people off.
So I would think that finding a solution that goes over the fibre sound deadening or one that includes some is the way to go.
just my thoughts.
Steve B
johnyfartbox
A2OC Donor
it was easier to do this than stand my monitor on its side lol
Alan_uk
A2OC Donor
I had the same thoughts but left it to Steve B to speak up first
Because of the noise issue I would personally only buy a replacement if it had more sound insulation, but looking at the photos I get the impression that the air inlet in the bonnet is almost touching the engine cover (to line up with the duct to the inside) so it cannot be made thicker. Can anyone confirm that?It looks like some insulation could be added to the offside of the engine.
audifan
A2OC Donor
Yes the existing fibre cover is very close to the cabin air inlet. It is also very close along the front edge to the engine air inlet and has to be bent to get past both. The left end looking at the engine has the cam belt, water pump and alternator so not much room there. What gap there is at the top is already filled with the foam insulation. On the right end is the tandem pump, this is the end that the flexing tends to crack / split first. The fibre cover hugs the engine as much as possible for noise and heat insulation so increasing any distances would have a detrimental effect.