OK, finally got the '07 valve cover gasket fix.....the '08 was covered by the 3/36 bumper to bumper. The dealership said there was a TSB on '07s requiring them to not just replace the gasket materials ....BUT, both valve covers. From start to finish (both cars) the process has taken almost 2 months.

So when I show up at the dealership the guy says that will be $109 (the deductible), ......I said.."The Lifetime Powertrain Warranty has no deductible"....he looked in his computer & said ....oh yeah....NO CHARGE...SORRY.

So I asked him what it would have cost if I had not had a warranty, he said over $1,200!

The 07 has about 65,000 miles on it now....at about 40K+ miles the LPW also paid for the diff leak...they said that would have been almost $500. So, so far the LPW has saved me $1,700.....but then these leaks were all so minor I would never have had them fixed if I had to pay out of my own pocket.

Question, both of my XFs now have a sticker on the drivers side valve cover that says made in Austria...I had never noticed that before.....does everyone's have that sticker on there?