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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 06:13 PM
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Default Re: $1,200 for Valve Cover/s Gasket/s

Originally Posted by Chris L.
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?

Maybe the covers were made in Austria. Your wheels were made in Poland, did you see the sticker?
This car has parts made all over Europe, none in North America, maybe that's a good thing.
 
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