He's always used long life oil ( think he said it was motul or something)
OK, Motul oils are effing very good. However, a generic 'longlife' oil may still not be suitable - a BMW longlife oil, or a Mercedes longlife oil, or a General Motors longlife oil will be no good in a VW. You really need to ascertain that the oil he used was approved by Volkswagen to VW 504.00
Oh dear.....
and I'm not really bothered what filters he used.
Eeeek - you should be really. OK, whilst the best option is always a genuine OEM filter, I certainly don't have a problem with OEM-spec filters from either Mann or Hengst from somwhere like GSF. But at the other end of the scale, the shyte own brand Halfrauds filters are truely aweful, and the Champion branded ones are just one grade above dog sh!t. Whilst not relevent to the GTI, many oil filters include a pressure release valve - and non-genuine are usually way out. I'm currently working on a few Renaults, and the difference beween genuine and non is very apparent that I refused to use what the customer had bought.
The other issue is that the filter medium - the paper - can actually disintegrate and fall out - not quite how a filter is meant to operat
...oh dear.......
The cv boot kit was only about what you quoted for a pair too
Then they wern't genuine. Again, non-genuine tend to use plastic CV joint boots which will pop-off the joint in the winter under full lock - rather than the OEM rubber boots. Also, non-genuine kits invariably come with the wrong grease - either the wrong type of grease, or the wrong volume of grease.
ETTO and all that - but I've had way too much grief from non-genuine CV joint boots - that I categorically refuse to fit them. OEM boots, or take the job elsewhere.
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He did all the filters last year and from what I know, everything has been ok. As for the CV boots I don't know what to say really. Hopefully they'll stay on and do there job. If they don't then I'll know better for next time. I might try jack the car up when my hand gets better and have a look at them.
You should come live near Leeds then you can do all my mechanical work........CORRECTLY