Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough

[camfollower]

Cam follower Part Number (latest as of yesterday): 06D 109 309C
Price: £23.66 + VAT
DIY Installation: http://myfastgti.com/volkswagen/threads/12734-DIY-HPFP-Removal-and-Cam-Follower-Replacement

[berg]

I thought the wear was due to HPFP being fitted or are we saying that over time will wear even on a car which has not been mapped?

[bacillus]

I thought the wear was due to HPFP being fitted or are we saying that over time will wear even on a car which has not been mapped?

The latter... 
Also having a map that demands 130 bar places additional stresses on the follower

[RedED30]

With this in mind are we saying a mapped car should really have them replaced?

I'm getting no signs of this at present, but about to have her at the garage to do various, shall i get this done?

I assume the part number quoted fits ED30's as well?

[Coe]

FYI- £28.39 including Vat. Price quoted today at VW in Dundee. 

[Type_R]

FYI- £28.39 including Vat. Price quoted today at VW in Dundee. 

Thanks I bet VW in Bham, Solihull and Nuneaton will quote me upwards of £40!

They quoted me £58-£62 for a DV valve today, total rip offs!

[v4rley]

After considering doing my follower for a couple of months and seeing numerous threads appearing I ordered the part yesterday and collected it form the dealers this morning.

I was a little anxious about doing it as I'm going on holiday next weekend (not with the car) and last time the turbo on my old car failed a few days before my holiday and it was all I could think about whilst away. My GTI is a 05 AXX on 65K, therefore as you know it has the banjo bolt with the M8 spline / triple square. After spending over and hour trying to find one on the high street without avail. I had to resort to using on I already had, firmly in a 1/2 socket. To my surprise I managed to remove the bolt with this and was relatively easy. I think this was mainly helped by the fact of the hype of difficulty of removing it. Anyway, it was good news as you can see below:





As you can see it was in ok condition with expected ware but feel it was worth doing and have got piece of mind for another 15k. Thanks go to the guys who support the awareness of this issue 

[camfollower]

Good news there mate, that's not too bad that.  I'm waiting for the weather to get more friendly to do mine again, it's been in ~25k.

Out of interest were those 65k miles, tuned or standard?

[sandancer]

After considering doing my follower for a couple of months and seeing numerous threads appearing I ordered the part yesterday and collected it form the dealers this morning.

I was a little anxious about doing it as I'm going on holiday next weekend (not with the car) and last time the turbo on my old car failed a few days before my holiday and it was all I could think about whilst away. My GTI is a 05 AXX on 65K, therefore as you know it has the banjo bolt with the M8 spline / triple square. After spending over and hour trying to find
one on the high street without avail. I had to resort to using on I already had, firm


ly in a 1/2 socket. To my surprise I managed to remove the bolt with this and was relatively easy. I think this was mainly helped by the fact of the hype of difficulty of removing it. Anyway, it was good news as you can see below:





As you can see it was in ok condition with expected ware but feel it was worth doing and have got piece of mind for another 15k. Thanks go to the guys who support the awareness of this issue 

Yes i had a problem with the banjo bolt as well,
managed to do mine with a t40 torx bit

[v4rley]

Good news there mate, that's not too bad that.  I'm waiting for the weather to get more friendly to do mine again, it's been in ~25k.

Out of interest were those 65k miles, tuned or standard?

Yeah I was waiting for the weather but just wanted to get it and see what it was like. It has a stage 1 remap at 55k, also got the revision G DV whilst at the dealers, think ill await better weather for doing that.

Yes i had a problem with the banjo bolt as well,
managed to do mine with a t40 torx bit

Yeah I was getting a bit desperate / annoyed at not being able to source one and even rang the dealers and they suggested I booked it in for the work, don't think so 

[camfollower]

Good news there mate, that's not too bad that.  I'm waiting for the weather to get more friendly to do mine again, it's been in ~25k.

Out of interest were those 65k miles, tuned or standard?

Yeah I was waiting for the weather but just wanted to get it and see what it was like. It has a stage 1 remap at 55k, also got the revision G DV whilst at the dealers, think ill await better weather for doing that.

Lol, I have a Rev G to fit too, I believe you can go in through the drivers side wheel arch on K03, probably a bit of a PITA without a ramp/lift though.
Got a few fair weather tasks to do now (CF, DV and rear dust shields) - probably just get frustrated and do them all in the snow!

[Mk5 GTian]

My cam follower was changed in July 2012 at service, and will be changed again this July. For the sake of 26 squidleys plus a little labour, it's well worth it from a piece of mind point of view 

Good work Camfollower, it's amazing how many are still unaware of the potential dangers   

[welikeaps]

This is a little worrying as I'm a foreman at a vw dealership and its actually a service bulletin for the CF. So some techs obviously haven't been doing there homework.

Which dealership please? Might help a few on the board who've lost faith in VW main dealers.

[gizm0]

im picking up my ED 30 this week, will be getting one of these ordered to change ASAP, thanks guys better to be safe than sorry!

[Samu]

Does the Cam Follower come with the seal? If not could someone post the part number for that too?

Thanks.