Just got my car back from the dealer today, they confirmed the front cover leak and resealed the gasket. They mentioned they've done this job a few times before on other 2018's so we'll see how it holds up. Unfortunately I noticed they damaged a cable though, that goes to what I think is the crankshaft position sensor (pic attached). Looks like it melted through the insulation, so I'm guessing what happened is they forgot to secure that clip before they took it for a test drive and it contacted a hot part of the engine. Then they noticed it afterwards, clipped it in, and hoped I wouldn't notice. Bastards. Luckily I have pictures from before I took it in that show the cable in good condition so I can prove it's their fault. So back to the dealer next week. I'm half tempted to tell them to replace it with a new harness since I don't trust whatever splice repair job they might do to hold up over time, but I'm not sure how feasible that would be.
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