[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

That FVD is a sweet looking unit.

Always interested in the flappers and how they're made. Factory and FVD use rubber doors, the EBS uses a metal hinged door. Rubber ages and will crack. Not good. The metal hinge seems could get debris in it and freeze open. Not good. It's probably my paranoid nature with something this important, but each method appears to have potential issues.

However, still no issues with my EBS after 4.5 yrs.

I agree, good points all. One of the doors on my EBS unit was binding on the edge of the mounting bracket when tilted certain directions. I was able to grind a little off the edge of the door to fix this. When fitted into the engine that same door was binding a little at its hinge due to a slight torque on the unit due to the fit. I scoped the EBS after installation and an oil fill/drain (luckily it was the drivers side flap which I could see with the scope). The door was still binding a little so I decided to go with the FVD rather than continue with fitting mods on the EBS.

At 109,000 miles / 15 years the oil flaps, mounting tabs and baffle still looked like new on my original pan and baffle. No deformation or cracks of the flaps, flaps still very pliable. I realize this is not the case for everyone however. I think the EBS would have been fine if I had went ahead and resolved the minor binding issue. I did confirm with Rhonda at FVD that their rubber flap compound was spec’d for this app.