MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: tuglet on September 19, 2012, 11:00:41 pm

Title: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: tuglet on September 19, 2012, 11:00:41 pm
Had my Mk5 GTI serviced today and got an advisory for near side intercooler hose seal leaking. Dealer quoted £48 to replace. Not a lot of money but I could do without spending it until pay day at the end of the month. Is this something that needs to be sorted asap or can it wait a couple of weeks?

Also, I'm on time and distance service regime, and I notice they've ticked the box to indicate that long life oil was not used. I thought they used long life oil as a matter of course now?

Title: Re: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: PDT on September 19, 2012, 11:14:33 pm
Seal is £4 and takes less than 10 mins to put car on ramps and replace seal. Sort of thing I do FOC for customers.

£48 is nothing but profiteering.
Title: Re: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on September 20, 2012, 08:12:05 am

I've had it done a few times now and cost nowhere near that and like Dave said is often even FOC
Title: Re: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: JStav on September 20, 2012, 10:08:45 am
Seal is £4 and takes less than 10 mins to put car on ramps and replace seal. Sort of thing I do FOC for customers.

£48 is nothing but profiteering.

Which i can vouch for!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: tuglet on September 20, 2012, 10:43:00 am
Thanks for the replies. The car is going back next week for a paint repair as they managed to scrape my front bumper while they had it. I'll try to get them to do the seal FOC as a goodwill gesture.

Any comment on the use of non-long life oil? I thought they always used long life oil these days despite the service regime?
Title: Re: Intercooler hose seal leak
Post by: jonnym on February 14, 2013, 06:28:45 pm
Sorry guys to bring back a old thread but literally had to post this.........qouted by VW to fix my intercooler seal leak -----> £96!

Amazing price that. Sarcasm btw!