Arghhhhhhhhh.....heat has warped the "chrome" on the Nissan emblem on my engine cover. What are folks doing to repair? I would imagine it will crack and flake soon.

 

something happen to mine...i thought I was the only one

 

That's kinda weird. Seems like your engine is running awful hot. Where do you live??? Is that a factor? I've driven my car for 4+ hr stretches and my emblem is still fine.

 

Same thing happened with mine and I had the whole engine cover replaced under warranty...

 

I live in NC...don't think it has to do with a particular region. I've done long drives from NC to Pa but never had any warping of the paint on the emblem until recently...so maybe it is long term.

What is the mileage on others who have this? Mine just hit 25k.

 

Mine is still fine.

 

Mine has done the same thing too
I live in KS and I'm about to hit 38k in my 2k2 auto

 

Why don't you just take the engine cover off and leave it off? Some .ORG members have taken the cover off to help with heat build-up, and have said it may have helped a bit with performance.

I took the engine cover off my SE-R this past Thanksgiving just for the heck of it too. The less heat in the engine compartment, the better, I would think.

Peace.

 

I hightly doubt a piece of plastic holds in enough heat to melt a piece of plastic glued to the top of it. One would think the glue or the engine cover would melt from the heat rather than the plastic finish on the second piece. If it does hold in that much heat....and you remove it...good luck keeping the paint on your hood from bubbling.

 

I read this post 10+ times and I have no idea what you are trying to say.

Removing the engine cover helps the engine breathe. It will not affect paint on the hood.

As a side note, have you used engine degreaser recently? That will tear the chrome off the Nissan emblem in a second.

 

I've driven from NY to Detroit and back in August with no break and I have no problems with mine.

 

I'll try and clear it up for you:

I doubt the engine heat, held in by the engine cover, is enough heat to melt the emblem glued to the top of the engine cover.

I would think that if the engine heat held in place by the engine cover is a factor in the disentegration of the emblems finish, the glue holding the emblem to the engine cover would be affected as well.

I was responding to the quote below:

I have not used any degreaser under the hood. I'm really not sure how the engine cover effects the engine "breathing". The air intake is in no way connected to it.

 

I think what 01SE02SER is trying to say is, the conver reflects heat back into the engine. Taking the cover off gives more room for the air to circulate. I don't think it helps the engine "breath" in any way. Just spreads the heat away from the engine.

 

Well, that's what I meant by "breathe". Poor choice of word I guess.

 

Doesn't heat build up when you sit still? Everyone is talking about long drives and no problems, but I think the city traffic in the summer would cause the most problems. I can't see mine ever having a problem. I didn't get that option on my '01 (AE). Personally I would rather see the engine when I opened the hood instead of a piece of plastic. Infiniti, Lexus, etc. cover up some sweet engines these days.

 

I believe they cover them up to hide the clutter and make the engine compartment more pleasing to the luxury eye.

 

Me too

 

Yeah, the engine bay is pretty sloppy looking without the shroud covering it. This is mine with and without the cover, (I just leave mine off anyway).

 

Wow! I had no idea it looked like that underneath. Thanks for the pics. I'll leave my cover on until it falls apart.

 

My 2K SE 5spd (bought used) never came with an engine cover... I thought that's just how it was until someone pointed out the threaded holes in the heads/manifold... I figured Nissan had put those holes in there for no reason

 

Mine is bubbling also.

 

My Altima 3.5 did it too..So did quite a few others

 

yeah i got the same thing happening to it, will they replace under warrenty??

 

So long as you are under the 3/36

 

None of the 2Ks came with them. Only 2K1 anniversary editions.

 

My engine cover is off and staying off for the reasons 01SE02SER and asu174 stated in their original posts. Every little bit helps.

 

i just noticed the bubbling a few days ago...

 

Just drill some holes in the cover to help vent the trapped heat from under the cover. Make it look nice though, not just random holes everywhere. If you made the holes over 1/2" you could put screen under the holes to make it look better. Maybe you could cut hole in it that look like gills or something cool like that. The idea is to keep the engine cover on and still not have to worry about the trapped heat.

 

Mine is fine, and I've also gone long distances. Do you idle a lot in traffic. This is when things get the hottest. Take some pics so we can see what this looks like.

 

thats a cool idea, i need to think about that, cause i have the emblem problem so its ugly anyways.

 

Same problem here. I'm in Atlanta, and in traffic alot if that matters. I guess I can try to replace it under warranty if I get bored one day.

 

My emblem is still in good shape (26,000mi), but as soon as I get home in a couple of weeks I'm going to drill holes to hopefully prevent that from happening. I drive in quite a bit of stop and go trafic as well as long distance.

 

Maybe Nissan's underhood designers were inspired by Salvador Dali's painting "Persistance of Vision"! (the one with the melted clocks/watches)!

 

My emblem is shrivled up too.....Time for a custom one...