Well well well.....fun times ;)
I think I'll try to fix this in a future video, or see what the company offers for replacement. I'll likely take it apart, like I plan to for my n14 one. I think the N14 one I have failed in the exact same way. Lots of potential for these parts, but the QC and build quality severely lets it down. If these were priced upto $350 but much much better build quality I'd have no issue paying the price.
Long story short between this metal valve cover and OEM it's a lose lose situation. The only one I can recommend is the RPM POWERED N14 valve cover for the N14. Super expensive but you don't have failure like this and the OEM one. Super quality piece!
Once again, for what it is I wish this valve cover really just had better build quality. Naturally being metal you should reduce the failure point of warping valve covers and such.
No MINI OEM valve cover has build quality issues. They do suck and have PCV issues and warpage but that's to be expected from a plastic poorly designed pcv system and cover.
11 сен 2024
