Foam block in front wing

[BobbyHearn]

Hello everyone. New here, but have found this forum very helpful in getting to know the ins and outs of my Superb over the last few months - thank you.

 

I've found something odd in my o/s front wing. It looked like a bin bag poking out of the hole in the inner wing in front of the washer reservoir, but when I pulled it out it is an ~ 10 cm cube of foam in a black plastic bag (see photos). The bag is sealed at both ends, and has holes to allow the air out when the foam is compressed, so looks "official", but it seems to me it could hold moisture and be a rust trap.

 

It was wedged tight between the wing and the top of the plastic wheel arch liner (approximately underneath the rearmost wing bolt is in the photo). Has anyone seen anything like this before? I wondered whether it was something accidentally left behind from manufacture? I also worried that it was a bodge to stop something rattling, but everything is secure and nothing rattles with it out. The car only had 30 miles on it when we picked it up. so not long to have picked up a dodgy history.

[Danny 57]

Wasn't some white powder inside the bag was it?

[BobbyHearn]

I did wonder, but no...

[silver1011]

Very wierd!

[peterposh]

to reduce resonance and noise? There was a similar bag in the mondeo wing when I bumped it.

[rwbaldwin]

What's the part number?

[giandougl]

Take car round to Skoda to explain perhaps ??

[Guest]

Hello everyone. New here, but have found this forum very helpful in getting to know the ins and outs of my Superb over the last few months - thank you.

 

I've found something odd in my o/s front wing. It looked like a bin bag poking out of the hole in the inner wing in front of the washer reservoir, but when I pulled it out it is an ~ 10 cm cube of foam in a black plastic bag (see photos). The bag is sealed at both ends, and has holes to allow the air out when the foam is compressed, so looks "official", but it seems to me it could hold moisture and be a rust trap.

 

It was wedged tight between the wing and the top of the plastic wheel arch liner (approximately underneath the rearmost wing bolt is in the photo). Has anyone seen anything like this before? I wondered whether it was something accidentally left behind from manufacture? I also worried that it was a bodge to stop something rattling, but everything is secure and nothing rattles with it out. The car only had 30 miles on it when we picked it up. so not long to have picked up a dodgy history.

Have the same in my 2014 Superb Elegance Estate L&K. Will do no harm if left in, and can see it will cause no problems if left out. Doubt if going to a dealer will produce an answer, they are not kept up to date by Skoda very quickly. If someone gets an answer good idea to post.

[gianthotdog]

Could be the Valetors packed lunch??

[BobbyHearn]

Called in to the dealers today, and spectrum and peterposh have cracked it. The techs were stumped as to what it was, but when we found the same thing on the showroom car they suggested it was probably an antivibration thing. Apparently there are lots of bits of packing hidden away in nooks and crannies once you start digging. I've put it back in...

[AndersNordh]

Hi, could it be something that has to do with distribution of collision forces when being hit in certain angles or something? Just a thought ... I remember when working at SAAB that we produced an odd solution or two while getting new models approved ...

[SkodaTC]

I found one in my wing over a year ago, removed it (didn't know what it was for) and never noticed any difference.

[peterposh]

I took the bag out of my damaged wing or rather didn't put it back, but then I noticed a lot of road noise like the door wasn't closed shut especially when it was raining and there's a lot of water on the road

Edited 16 April, 2014 by peterposh