V6 Two Piece Engine Covers

[Crazy Paul]

Some of us believe that the V6 engines built in Australia came with the 2 piece engine covers. MY U.S. built engine came with the 1 piece cover. Are these covers interchangable? With a STB and a 1 piece cover it is a pain to get to the filter w/o removing the STB first. I am wondering if the 2 piece would be easier. Question, do the 2 piece covers attach to the engine the same points as the 1 piece cover? And, are the 2 piece covers availble for purchase? If so, what would be the cost including shipping?

Pics of Holden VE V6 Two Piece Engine Covers.






Left Cover







The Four Left Mounting Points shown with Red Tape.




Right Cover





The Three Right Mounting Points shown with Red Tape.




Both Covers Off

[Crazy Paul]

So tell me if your V6 Pontiac G8 has the same mounting brackets, posts etc in the correct quantities to fit the 2 piece covers & we'll go from there.

4 points on the left.




3 points on the right.

[Panzer Leader]

Thaks Paul will check it out and get back to you. Think the 2 piece looks better, allows the engine to cool better and hopefully not require me to remove the STB to remove the one piece cover during oil filter changes. BTW this came up on that other forum as well. The pics are great. Thanks.

[Crazy Paul]

The pics are great. Thanks.

I remembered a friend had a V6 VE at his workshop for a service.
I didn't even have time to dust off the covers. I took the pics about 10min after you asked, the car went straight from the photoshoot onto a hoist.

[Panzer Leader]

I looked at my engine tonight. Sorry to say that the connection points are appearently not the same. There is now a uniqueness to the Australian engine. Someone else may want to double check my observations.

[Crazy Paul]

I looked at my engine tonight. Sorry to say that the connection points are appearently not the same. There is now a uniqueness to the Australian engine. Someone else may want to double check my observations.

Not the engine, just the brackets and posts fitted to it.
Post up the pics once you have daylight there.

[Panzer Leader]

No slotted brackets on left side of engine , no horizontal cylinder on left sife either. No horizobtal cylinder on right . The rear of the one piece connects totally different to the engine. My camera is broken, can anyone else out there with the one piece cover take some pics of the cover and the mounting points and either post or send to Paul.

[SQKid89]

Is the 2-piece a rarity in the US cars? Mine has it on my v6....

[Panzer Leader]

Is the 2-piece a rarity in the US cars? Mine has it on my v6....

Look at the window sticker that was on your car. Is the engine built in the U.S. or Australia? If built in U.S. probably a one piece cover. If engine built in Australia, probably 2 piece cover.

[SQKid89]

unfortunately, I'm the second owner and the window sticker's long gone. but definitely an interesting feature to take note of.