Thread: Acoustic Cover on TD5 engine...is it needed?

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Mine has been off since purchasing my vehicle (a year and a half ago) due to the nut on the fuel cooler breaking off. I recently bought a Nutsert took and some M8 nutserts and intend to refit it soon purely for neatness looks in the engine bay.

EDIT: fitted the new nutsert in - total cost $40.50 ($40.00 for the nutsert rivet tool and $0.50 for the M8 nutsert). Had to drill the hole out a further 0.5mm to fit it in. Engine cover is now back on.

Pretty sure the nut on the fuel cooler bracket is a cage nut that pushes into a square cut out. It is on the pre-facelift d2's anyway.

Checked microcat and it's the same across the range - M8 cage nut, PYH100400.

cheers
Paul

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Pretty sure the nut on the fuel cooler bracket is a cage nut that pushes into a square cut out. It is on the pre-facelift d2's anyway.

Checked microcat and it's the same across the range - M8 cage nut, PYH100400.

cheers
Paul

Same part number I used Paul.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Pretty sure the nut on the fuel cooler bracket is a cage nut that pushes into a square cut out. It is on the pre-facelift d2's anyway.

Probably. My nut broke off along with the retaining piece. I assumed it was welded on or something. Either way fitting a nutsert has solved the issue with no negative side effects.

The cage nuts just clip in the hole and on occasion pop out.

At least the nutserts mean you won't have that particular problem again.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

The cage nuts just clip in the hole and on occasion pop out.

Ah ok, I didn't realise that. I thought as the cage had broken it meant that I would have to have it rewelded or so and I wasn't keen to remove the part.
Justin Cooper actually suggested to me to use the nutsert, so perhaps he's also not aware that a new cage nut can just be popped in.