MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: antonis42 on January 23, 2012, 09:31:19 am

Title: check your cam follower
Post by: antonis42 on January 23, 2012, 09:31:19 am

check/change your cam follower every service or risk getting damage I got.
1000+ euro repair costs, HPFP, camshaft replacements.
I'm stage1 61k miles.
Symptoms: metallic noise when engine warm, like a tinfoil hitting a inside of can,
no performance loss.

-=update=-
Does anyone here know if dealers in europe could pass cam follower failure as extended warranty?
Apparently VW america issued extended warranty on HPFP, intake camshaft and cam follower for 10 years/120,000 miles in mid 2011.
Its classified as premature wear.
http://changegears.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/cam-follower-warranty-extension/

damage pics:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg854.imageshack.us%2Fimg854%2F1241%2F23012012741.jpg&hash=0cd1bb67434424c9642668cde33e997cfaa8fd21)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg689.imageshack.us%2Fimg689%2F9206%2F23012012742.jpg&hash=8128bd7c097d16ef51222859fbde950841abb9c4)

Title: Re: check your cam follower
Post by: gazon69 on January 23, 2012, 09:57:31 am

I change mine every year, for the sake of a few quid, not woth the risk imo.  :happy2:

Title: Re: check your cam follower
Post by: martziniuk on January 23, 2012, 10:21:36 am

I believe there is an extended warranty on the cam followers for just over 100k iirc.

Title: Re: check your cam follower
Post by: antonis42 on January 23, 2012, 10:49:08 am

Does anyone here know if dealers in europe could pass cam follower failure as extended warranty?

Apparently VW america issued extended warranty on HPFP, intake camshaft and cam follower for 10 years/120,000 miles in mid 2011.

Its classified as premature wear.

http://changegears.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/cam-follower-warranty-extension/ (http://changegears.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/cam-follower-warranty-extension/)