Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough

[Meeky]

Had the same problem with my local stealers, tried to quote me £1100 and to get me booked in for it also HA!

I heard the part is around £30-£50 and i'm sure it wouldn't take longer than 1 hour labour or so, sooooo where the frig is £1100 coming from? 

STEALERS for a reason! 

[Gladiator]

Had the same problem with my local stealers, tried to quote me £1100 and to get me booked in for it also HA!

I heard the part is around £30-£50 and i'm sure it wouldn't take longer than 1 hour labour or so, sooooo where the frig is £1100 coming from? 

STEALERS for a reason! 

Yep, £1,600 quoted for mine! 

[Nodz]

£1600 to fit a £25 part that can be fitted under an hour? Glad I no longer use VW for maintenance and servicing

[Tortaruga]

^^^ In fairness it's pretty obvious that the dealer is quoting for a completely different job to be carried out.

[karl210]

Done mine today, was easy. Car is a 55 plate at 94k

[Jamie3184]

So VW called me back and they still can't seem to give me a price on this after I gave them the part number for the cam follower!?!

I've given them the background and info supplied on the forum but they're asking me to go and see their workshop manager with my car so they can try and make sense of their pricing!

Really don't understand why they aren't quoting me similar prices to what others have paid from dealers/independants for what seems like a straight forward job?

Any further help?

Why not print out the how too guide and take it into them. Or just follow it yourself.

[calvR]

So VW called me back and they still can't seem to give me a price on this after I gave them the part number for the cam follower!?!

I've given them the background and info supplied on the forum but they're asking me to go and see their workshop manager with my car so they can try and make sense of their pricing!

Really don't understand why they aren't quoting me similar prices to what others have paid from dealers/independants for what seems like a straight forward job?

Any further help?

Just follow a guide and do it yourself mate. It's an easy job, just take your time and it'll be very easy. I changed 2 in half hour and I'd never done the job before.  At least if u do it u know its been done properly

[cleanme]

^^^ In fairness it's pretty obvious that the dealer is quoting for a completely different job to be carried out.

^This.
I think most have never changed a cam follower, so not sure what the book time is on it.
Naughty though, as it's been a bullitin item.

[Type_R]

Finally got round to doing this today. Its an easy process apart from that Banjo bolt, which took forever to open and then close afterwards.

I took some pics of the removed cam follower. 101.5k on the car, had it from brand new, 55k with a Stage 1 remap.

[alfboden]

I did mine yesterday, a nice easy job. Would of been even easier if my 13mm socket was a deep one rather than standard!

[mvb12]

Got mine changed over whilst down at AKS over the weekend doing a few other bits.  



For the price and the time it takes I would check the Cam at least once a year.
The price to monitor is far cheaper than a failed Cam  

[Christian1402]

Changed mine last weekend, it had only just worn the black coating off! car is on 99k now, edition 30 running a sage 1 map. Not sure if it had been changed before but I'm not complaining at the condition of it

[vRSAlex]

Finally got round to doing this today. Its an easy process apart from that Banjo bolt, which took forever to open and then close afterwards.

I took some pics of the removed cam follower. 101.5k on the car, had it from brand new, 55k with a Stage 1 remap.

I would say you need a camshaft 

[JackG]

because too a techy and cam follower is a part that follows the cam...its a tiny part but a cylinder head job in reality.
VW call it a "bucket" if you ask for a cam follower there at the cam system on ekta and see the small followers and think its that part.

we just call it the wrong part