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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 02:15 PM
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This may be an odd question, but does anybody know why they've started putting plastic covers/shields/shrouds over engines? I really can't see much of my Ecoboost engine.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 02:19 PM
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Keeps things quieter and cleaner, but otherwise a pita. (we have a Lexus, covered top and bottom with plastic. Reasonably clean under there for 104,000 miles though)
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod
Keeps things quieter and cleaner, but otherwise a pita. (we have a Lexus, covered top and bottom with plastic. Reasonably clean under there for 104,000 miles though)
I thought the covers might be to keep things cleaner and drier. They do make a neat-looking package.
 
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Noise reduction
 
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In the case of Volkswagen, it's to keep you out of the engine so you have to have a dealer do the service...or, so I've been told.
 
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Originally Posted by juneau76
In the case of Volkswagen, it's to keep you out of the engine so you have to have a dealer do the service...or, so I've been told.
That sounds very logical, but they don't have to worry about me. The engines are so complicated now that there's very little I could do to one.
 
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