Cam follower - you're all perverts!

[Tortaruga]

your dildo-men

They're Moai statues you Philistine!

[zerolag]

http://changegears.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/camshaft-and-cam-follower-warranty-extension/

[Mk5 GTian]

your dildo-men

They're Moai statues you Philistine!

You could have sneaked your Golf up next to them for the photo!

[vRSAlex]

http://changegears.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/camshaft-and-cam-follower-warranty-extension/

UK or USA?

[itismebigd]

Tortaruga change or dont change its your call...but i know what id do and have done,piece of mind for so little pennies 

[zerolag]

http://changegears.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/camshaft-and-cam-follower-warranty-extension/

UK or USA?

tbh, not sure - I threw it in there for some thoughts on it.

[QD MBE]

I have seen 6 outright failures this year.  Neil M (member on here) being 2 of those.

For the peace of mind it is a no brainer.

KPM racing who run 8 cars in the VW Cup change after every meeting now, as cam follower failure wrote several engines off this season.

[Tfsi_Mike]

Pretty sure Aaron Mason lost an engine to a cam follower 

[QD MBE]

Yes Mike he did.  As did Linesy.

[vRSAlex]

I have seen 6 outright failures this year.  Neil M (member on here) being 2 of those.

For the peace of mind it is a no brainer.

KPM racing who run 8 cars in the VW Cup change after every meeting now, as cam follower failure wrote several engines off this season.

I think one of the issues was that some of the Racingline/KPM cars were/are using KMD fuel pump internals.  BDM had over 10 failures from the KMD internals seizing.  Can do inlet cams upside down using my feet now!

[ArildStavrum]

As my car is in for the repairs to the front grill tomorrow I am having the cam follower replaced at the same time.
I am interested to see its condition after 83k and almost 7 years! (assuming it hasnt been changed, the serv history suggests it hasnt)

[Tortaruga]

^^^ Post up a photo please.

I'm going to order a follower from the dealer and change it myself.

[RobboGTI]

^^^ Post up a photo please.

I'm going to order a follower from the dealer and change it myself.

Is it an easy job to do? My car will be hitting 80k soon so better get this done as a precaution.

Don't suppose you or somebody could do a how to guide for us all???!!

[Nodz]

There is a guide in here somewhere.. Iirc how easy it is depends on the age of the car, the later cars had a revision of the pipe work iirc making them easier to change

[zerolag]

^^^ Post up a photo please.

I'm going to order a follower from the dealer and change it myself.

Is it an easy job to do? My car will be hitting 80k soon so better get this done as a precaution.

Don't suppose you or somebody could do a how to guide for us all???!!

http://myfastgti.com/volkswagen/threads/12734-DIY-HPFP-Removal-and-Cam-Follower-Replacement

The only thing that worries me is depressuring the system fully, don't fancy fuel in ma face... or a monumental fuel leak...