Funguy
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2005
- Location
- Front Range of Colorado
- TDI
- 2015 Golf Sportwagen dsg and 2015 Passat 6 M/T
I don't get under the hood much but I noticed last week that the hood cowl had a 1/4" space between the two halves.
So I start pushing the two halves together and needed to loosen that long rubber strip that holds the bottom of the cowl down. Then I noticed a large bump just left of center on the rubber strip. There is a clip holding a flexible wire conduit attached to the car sheet metal there so that the rubber seal/strip can't attach to the sheet metal.
The flexible conduit looks new so I imagine it is related to the Phase II fix?????
I pulled the clip off (it removed a bit of paint btw) and attached the conduit to another wire just below with a plastic tie.
I don't understand why they would put that clip there like that obstructing the rubber seal. Overkill or perhaps I will be sorry I moved it. Sloppy work in any case leaving the cowl split like that. And I am annoyed I didn't notice this before.
So I start pushing the two halves together and needed to loosen that long rubber strip that holds the bottom of the cowl down. Then I noticed a large bump just left of center on the rubber strip. There is a clip holding a flexible wire conduit attached to the car sheet metal there so that the rubber seal/strip can't attach to the sheet metal.
The flexible conduit looks new so I imagine it is related to the Phase II fix?????
I pulled the clip off (it removed a bit of paint btw) and attached the conduit to another wire just below with a plastic tie.
I don't understand why they would put that clip there like that obstructing the rubber seal. Overkill or perhaps I will be sorry I moved it. Sloppy work in any case leaving the cowl split like that. And I am annoyed I didn't notice this before.
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