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Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« on: March 20, 2013, 08:57:51 pm »
Speaking to a local supposed VW "specialist" today, wondering how much he charges to replace the CF... his response was, not to bother, it will cause more problems if you start messing about with that... WTF - I told him about the countless amount of people who have had serious and costly issues from failed followers and it's a relatively cheap maintenance measure, that I've done myself, but he was having none of it. :rolleye:

Then went to my local VW parts desk to order another follower... totally different reaction to the issue, knows it's a real problem and can forsee A LOT of complaints for VW on the horizon with the amount of Mk5's reaching a threshold mileage for follower desctruction...

I was a bit miffed by the attitude of the Indy; gone waaay down in my estimation.

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EDIT, to include useful info:

Cam follower Part Number (Latest as of 20/03/13) : 06D 109 309C
Price: £23.66 + VAT

DIY Installation, made slightly harder if you have an early engine and the Banjo (M8 Triple Square bit), circled on the left in red, but use some tape to hold it in another tool and all is good: http://myfastgti.com/volkswagen/threads/12734-DIY-HPFP-Removal-and-Cam-Follower-Replacement

« Last Edit: March 21, 2013, 09:59:26 am by camfollower »
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2013, 09:33:54 pm »
Quote from: camfollower on March 20, 2013, 08:57:51 pm
Then went to my local VW parts desk to order another follower... totally different reaction to the issue, knows it's a real problem and can forsee A LOT of complaints for VW on the horizon with the amount of Mk5's reaching a threshold mileage for follower desctruction...

In the interests of balance, I went to my local VW yesterday to pick up a follower I'd ordered, and I asked the technician there if they'd had many problems with them. He said he'd never changed one, or heard of one being changed.

I told him about reading a lot of horror stories on the net and his exact words were "if people believed everything they read about the GTI on the net, nobody would ever buy one" - with a 'oh here we go, another internet worshipping mug' look on his face.

I think there's still work to do on the campaign yet...  :mad:


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« Last Edit: March 24, 2013, 04:25:21 pm by Richie_101 »
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2013, 09:36:43 pm »
Keep speeding the awareness, Camfollower  :notworthy:

I'm with you all the way  :happy2:
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2013, 09:40:11 pm »
A wee bit off topic but anyone got hte part number for a camfollower for an 08 ed30? its only done 30k miles but has Autotech HPFP internals so want to change it to be safe  :happy2:
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2013, 09:41:12 pm »
Quote from: craigy123 on March 20, 2013, 09:40:11 pm
A wee bit off topic but anyone got hte part number for a camfollower for an 08 ed30? its only done 30k miles but has Autotech HPFP internals so want to change it to be safe  :happy2:

It's the same part no for any other tfsi engine  :happy2:
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2013, 09:53:48 pm »
Feckin morons. If they knew the sh*te i'd gone through they wouldn't be so smug about it. Name and shame the indy.
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2013, 09:56:40 pm »
Quote from: GrayMK5GTI on March 20, 2013, 09:41:12 pm
Quote from: craigy123 on March 20, 2013, 09:40:11 pm
A wee bit off topic but anyone got hte part number for a camfollower for an 08 ed30? its only done 30k miles but has Autotech HPFP internals so want to change it to be safe  :happy2:

It's the same part no for any other tfsi engine  :happy2:


Cheers  :happy2:

so the part number should be 06D 109 309 C
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2013, 10:02:42 pm »
That's the same number given in this thread: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17924.0.html

Always worth checking when you order if there is a later part (ie a D or E), as the forums may miss an update
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2013, 10:24:20 pm »
I can't believe the ignorance described in the OP's posting. Irrespective of opinions on how long the cam followers last, I always looked at it as a routine service item. The fact that it was so cheap and easy to change versus the potential failure costs made it the biggest no-brainer in the history of mankind. Experience has told me that we may have been a bit over-zealous on how often they were changed but I for one never took the risk!
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2013, 10:34:35 pm »
I asked at my local dealers and they said they have never changed one, or knew what one was, so i have since educated them and sent them links to the forum, more so as the service guy is running an '04' MK5 GTI himself with 80K + on it.  :happy2:

Mine is shortly being booked in at statlers for the follower changing, on 50k, but all routine maintanence is worthwhile.  :happy2:
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2013, 06:28:03 am »
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.
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2013, 07:09:40 am »
is this with regards to all 2.0tfsi engines?

thanks Ben


gazon69 can you contact me please interested in some parts you have for sale thanks Ben
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2013, 07:24:19 am »
Hmmmm interesting stuff, thinking this might be another item on the list to change in a few weeks time with my DV, how much is the cam follower?
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2013, 07:45:09 am »
Quote from: Ben H on March 21, 2013, 07:09:40 am
is this with regards to all 2.0tfsi engines?

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Correct  :happy2:
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Re: Cam Follower Awareness hasn't gone far enough
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2013, 07:48:15 am »
Funny thing...

i have never heard about cam follower befor, if i'm honest. Than i have found this forum, start reading it , an saw , that CF can be a big problem.
I went to the vw service here in slovenia to order one...they haven't got a clue, what i'm talking about....so, i bought new one, and change it.
I told to my friend to change it, and when he did, he had a big hole in his ( robiform, also on forum here )....so , we probably saved alot of gti's here in slovenia, because of this great forum here  :notworthy: :notworthy:
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