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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Answer to: Engine beauty cover and hood liner | 39Relevance | 3 years ago | Dad2LM2 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I'm not gonna speak for @scottykilmer, but he has referenced a number of times in videos that the "stupid Beauty cover" is a waste. I suspect most of the users here will agree. My contrarian take is that there are benefits beyond aesthetics, if small. For one, the insulating material is going to protect the hood and the paint thereon. Second, airflow in the engine bay was optimized by the engineers to have the cover in place. And regarding noise, even though you may want engine noise, most of the noise reduction is going to be the clackety kind of sound ... | |||||
| Answer to: Should you drive with engine cover on or off debate | 39Relevance | 2 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| If you live in Alaska, it might be somewhat beneficial in having the engine warm up quicker. Other than that, Scotty calls them "stupid Beauty covers." It's useless. My Mustang is a 2017 V6 and doesn't have that, fortunately. My wife's Mustang is an EcoBoost, also a 2017, and they put the Beauty cover that shows off it's an EcoBoost engine. They made it like it's some huge deal. It's not. | |||||
| Answer to: Do I really need an engine cover? | 32Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty calls them stupid Beauty covers for a reason. Haha. You don't need it. Other than Endless Money Pit, Stupid Beauty cover is probably his most famous moniker. | |||||
| Answer to: Beauty Covers | 29Relevance | 3 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I've never owned a car with an engine "beauty cover" and have not experienced any "awful clackity sound" in them. For that matter I have not noticed anything like that when riding in newer cars that lack such engine covers, such as Subarus. As far as I can see they serve no useful purpose and if I ever own a car new enough to be equipped with one of those ridiculous things I would not hesitate to toss it out. | |||||
| Answer to: Stupid Beauty Covers | 29Relevance | 4 years ago | Kaizen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My BMW mechanic tossed his Beauty cover for his X5, FWIW. When I had my X5, I just kept mine on. | |||||
| Answer to: Beauty covers for engines | 29Relevance | 5 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| You can leave it off if you want. See below: | |||||
| Beauty covers for engines | 29Relevance | 5 years ago | Kapp | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Is there any reason to put the “stupid” Beauty cover back on the engine. Does it do anything other than be a pain to take on and off during maintenance? | |||||
| 2004 Lexus RX330 Broken engine bolt tab | 29Relevance | 4 years ago | Galabonic | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I changed my power steering pump and noticed a tab on the engine where a bolt goes is broken, so the bolt isn't holding anything. Is that tab something that can and needs to be fixed? I was thinking it could be welded. I had the same thing happen to a tab that the Beauty cover bolted into, but obviously that isn't needed. I tossed the Beauty cover like I was Scotty. The bolt for the engine seems much more important. Any words of wisdom? 2004 Lexus RX330 ~156K miles. | |||||
| Answer to: Ignition Coil bolt snapped in half. Help! | 37Relevance | 5 years ago | jack62 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| First, don't panic and don't start thinking about taking it to a shop. It isn't uncommon for those coil bolts to snap sometimes and it's an easy fix. So first, remove the valve cover. (it's easy. Plenty of youtubes on how to change the valve cover gasket on a Corolla. With the valve cover off, you have some options: 1) If the bolt snapped but there's still part of the bolt left sticking out of the valve cover, you can grab it with vice grips and turn it out. (Free fix) 2) if the bolt snapped flush with the valve cover, you can use a screw extractor kit to drill a hole in the center of the snapped bolt and then insert the extractor to remove it. (Inexpensive fix) (Just don't buy the cheapest one you find) (Plenty of youtubes on how to use screw/bolt extractors) 3) You can just call your local junkyard and buy a used valve cover. (easy, but costs more than just buying a bolt extractor/drill kit) 4) You can buy a new valve cover. (easiest but most expensive) 5) Take the valve cover to any shop. Your local lawn mower shop is probably used to dealing with snapped bolts on old equipment so they could get it out for you. Whichever way you chose to go, you'll use this opportunity to replace the valve cover gasket and the seals in the valve cover. (would have to be done sooner or later anyway) | |||||
| Why does Scotty remove engine covers | 32Relevance | 3 years ago | MBMan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... no useful purpose, they were designed to quell the noise that modern injectors emit. Injectors are inherently noisy with an awful clackity sound. Every Beauty cover has sound proof insulation under it to help stop this noise from getting into the car and ultimately make the engine (and car) quieter. These cover do provide a useful service even if they do seem unnecessary. The argument that they hold excessive heat in the engine bay is as ludicrous as the closed hood holding the heat in as well. | |||||
| 2AR-FE Engine Oil and Gromment | 32Relevance | 4 years ago | Murphys Law | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| For the longest time I have been trying to remove the Beauty cover of the 2AR-FE Engine they are stuck in there good. Well I was able to remove it with force but broke the grommet in doing so. Upon removal of the Beauty cover saw that the top of the engine is saturated with dried up Oil, could be spills from Oil changes. 2 Questions: 1. Any idea where I can get the rubber grommet that hold the plastic cover and engine block, the sample grommet pic looks like that but that is the incorrect part. 2. What would be the best way to clean up those dried up oil o ... | |||||
| Valve cover gasket replacement gone wrong | 32Relevance | 4 years ago | Galabonic | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2013 Mazda 3 I touring 152K miles I'm changing the valve cover gasket on a newly purchased used car. The pre inspection called for a valve cover gasket replacement. Things are going poorly even though everything I read says it is easy to do yourself. The problem I'm having is things are going wrong and I'm guessing now at what to do and made things worse. So I'm asking for help. 1. The gasket I ordered came and now that I have the valve cover off I can see the gasket is the wrong one. I ordered a new one but will take 3-7 days to arrive. What do I do to protect my engine? 2. The gasket didn't come off in the cover and is stuck on the engine but there is so much grime, oil and dirt, build up I'm afraid to pull it off in case the grime gets in the engine. I'm trying to clean around the gasket before I remove it but not sure what the best approach is. I'm afraid of getting grime and solvent in the engine. Can I clean it with motor oil? What is the best way to clean it? 3. Why is the gasket stuck on the engine? Every replacement I've seen it comes off with the cover. 4. I ripped out the variable valve timing solenoid because it was stuck on the cover with grime. Is it okay to buy the $40 one instead of the $200 one? 5. I can't figure out where the leak was. There is oil all over valve cover and caked with dirt, fur, and tiny feathers. The gasket looks fine. Could it be, I'm not solving the oil problem by changing the gasket? I really want to work on my cars myself if I can but having issues with an easy level task is discouraging. I'll keep plugging through this issue but it shakes my confidence at the moment. | |||||
| Answer to: Code P0506 | 29Relevance | 4 years ago | Fred1977 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Sorry my last message was kind of weird I was doing a talk to text. I will get this taken care of on my own very soon but I have one last question. Do I need to remove the "beauty cover" in order to get the sensor out? And if so does the Beauty cover have to be removed by bolts or can I pop it off with a screwdriver? | |||||
| Answer to: What is the purpose of all that black plastic atop the engine compartment? | 29Relevance | 5 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Beauty cover. See below: | |||||
| Engine beauty cover and hood liner | 29Relevance | 3 years ago | sa180199 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi scotty, i have a question, about the engine cover with the emblem of the car, in my case its 2016 mazda 3, and about hood liner i noticed the under side of the engine cover has a foamy material, almost spongy, what is it made for? is it safe to remove? and will removing it make the engine sound more distinct? same question goes about the hood liner, does it serve any purpuse? can i remove it for saving weight and hearing the engine's sound more? | |||||