For all you mechanical types - what is wrong in this picture?

Freefaller · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:16

So how you going to fix it then?

2blue4u · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:18

Yup - she was sold a pup.

A) quickly replace the rocker cover without tarting it up.

B) place ad on autotrader............

Lopéz · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:19

Second hand head, £20 approx plus the HG and bolts. Job done

The_Dark_Side · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:20

Lopéz said:
Second hand head, £20 approx plus the HG and bolts. Job done

That's disgusting.....but only because I didn't think of it first

BigglesPiP · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:57

TBH, the camshaft as almost as thick as the shafts in the gearbox, it's probably not been hurt by this.

dalin80 · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:00

super secret-

its meant to be like that.

Lostkat · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:22

The_Dark_Side said:
End result is the same, as you're the one who's gonna have to fix it

2blue4u said:
Yup - she was sold a pup.

A) quickly replace the rocker cover without tarting it up.

B) place ad on autotrader............

I'd dispute that I was sold a pup. It cost me £300 and I've covered almost 10,000miles in it since October

dalin80 · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:33

Lopéz said:
No idea. I'm guessing it sheared off years ago and whoever owned the car at the time simply threw it away and decided to see if the car still worked. It did

it was done some time ago, back when the car left the factory many golfs are like that its nothing to worry about.

IAmATeaf · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:36

If it did break then that's just way too clean for it to have snapped off, isn't it?

I'd say it either broke off and then somebody cleaned it all up to tidy it up or as another person has suggested it's supposed to be like that but then again what little I know about mechanics can be summed up by a 13mm spanner

Lashout_UK · 5 Apr 2009 at 16:45

I'd just leave it alone!

Save yourself the hassle!

Lopéz · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:09

dalin80 said:
it was done some time ago, back when the car left the factory many golfs are like that its nothing to worry about.

Interesting if that's true - I've had a lot of Golfs in bits over the years but never seen one with a bearing cap missing from the head casting.

EDIT
Yep - just been trawling some forums and it looks like you are indeed correct - what a bizarre concept and that's a totally new one on me. Wonder why VW decided the 4th cap was unecessary? They're even numbered 1,2,3 and 5!

Berger · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:22

I say race Drexel to putting a 1.8T lump in it

BigglesPiP · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:52

Hmm, must be a revision at some stage of production, where they started removing it after casting.

Maybe is about oil flow? Cooling? Resonance? Or my favourite; that one kept ceasing.

IAmATeaf said:
what little I know about mechanics can be summed up by a 13mm spanner

Do you mean a wrench?

helpimcrap · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:55

Janesy B said:
Something is missing

Bet that made a bit of noise when I broke

ouch yes............. :eek:

BigglesPiP · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:03

I think your "single noisy tappet" is actually the 3rd from the left.