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MaKaToM

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My LHS valve cover had a small hairline fracture in the back, so I decided to pull it off and replace it.
There was no way I could put a shiny new valve cover on an 8 year old engine bay though, so I decided to give her a tickle.
Looking well 😊



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Looking good! It's surprising the number of these you see with the air conditioning data sticker missing from the centre square in the plastic panel over the radiator.
 
Yeah, I think some people don’t like stickers so pull them off. I like originality though, so am happy with it being there 👍🏻
 
I can probably dig the part number out for you. It annoys me, because whenever they are in for AC regas I have to look the capacity up instead of just looking at the sticker. You aren’t alone, probably 1 in 3 I see have no sticker. I wonder if they left the factory without. It seems too common to be a case of they have been peeled off or the panel has been replaced
 
If you could get the part number that would be amazing thanks! Yeah I want it to be as flawless as I can get it.

Thanks!
 
I’ll look at a late one this week and get the part number. It’s on the sticker
 
You’re a star, thanks mate!
 
My LHS valve cover had a small hairline fracture in the back, so I decided to pull it off and replace it.
There was no way I could put a shiny new valve cover on an 8 year old engine bay though, so I decided to give her a tickle.
Looking well 😊



local pic shower
It looks great, which products did you use for this and the RR ?
 
It looks great, which products did you use for this and the RR ?
Bilt Hamber Surfex HD watered down at about 10% lightly sprayed in the engine bay with a foamer. Then went over everything with soft detailing brushes before rinsing off with water, blowing standing water out with the leaf blower and wiping everything over with microfibre cloths.
Once dry, I used Turtle Wax Citrus Matt Finish on Ringways recommendation just to give it a little extra pop. It did make a difference 👍🏻
 
I showed a friend a picture so he just dropped his missus’ Range Rover Sport off for a “tickle” too. Just a quick one, but it’s looking better for it!









If that's after a "tickle", I'd love to see it after a full-on clean 😎
 
My LHS valve cover had a small hairline fracture in the back, so I decided to pull it off and replace it.
There was no way I could put a shiny new valve cover on an 8 year old engine bay though, so I decided to give her a tickle.
Looking well 😊



local pic shower
I've booked mine in for the same issue 👍
 
If you’re confident in doing it yourself, then it’s no more than an hour from start to finish.
I bought the cover, complete with gasket and bolts from MB for £250 and then installed it myself.

I think you’ll be looking at about £600 for MB to do it, which is a good saving to put into the fuel tank instead 👍🏻
 
Its booked in for Thursday £425 all in for the sake of £150 id rather keep my knuckles driverside looks ok to do pretty straight forward 👌
 
Its booked in for Thursday £425 all in for the sake of £150 id rather keep my knuckles driverside looks ok to do pretty straight forward 👌
Yeah that’s not so bad. Mine was passenger side so a little trickier, but not too tricky 👍🏻
 
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Yeah that’s not so bad. Mine was passenger side so a little trickier, but not too tricky 👍🏻
Mine is passenger side it seems thats the only 1 which has the issue 🤔 should of left them as ally as in the pre facelift
 
Agreed
 

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