Gasket inside rear hood

[luc.tor]

Hello everyone
In my rear engine hood I see that the gasket has two flaps that are visible (see two white arrow in the photo). Were they installed correctly or should one be visible and the other under the sheet metal?
If it was installed incorrectly, is it possible to fix it?
Thank you

[zerotofifty]

one flap of rubber above, one flap of rubber below is the correct way for this rubber seal to work. as it is wrongly installed, hot air from under the car will be sucked into the engine bay by the vacuum of the cooling fan. fix this for correct cooling


dish soap can be useful in assisting the rubber flap to slide into place without tearing.

it can be helpful to remove the rearmost tin piece to make it easier to get the flaps correct on the left and right sides, then once that is done, reinstall the rear tin piece. the rubber depending on its manufacture and age (pliability) can be difficult to make right, hence the use of soap and rear tin piece to make job easier.

[slave1pilot]

I just did this on Ol' Herb.
instead of removing the tin, just pull the seal back out
Then split it with your fingers and slide one part down between the tin and the apron and pop the bottom of the seal into the apron
once you get in in all around use a plastic trim tool to tuck the top of the seal back into the apron.
sounds complicated, but it's easy
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[OldSchoolVW's]

Next time you have the engine out, remove the OEM style seal and use a bus engine seal instead. You need to trim it a bit, but it installs easily after the engine is reinstalled and seals better than the original style seal IMO.

This is the one you'd use:

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=411813225

Thanks to vanram for this gallery photo.

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[Jeff Geisen]

^^^ I do this now too. Seals better, costs less, WAY easier to install.
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