This might be me being thick but anyway..
There are going to be GTI's that are for sale where the owners don't know about things such as cam followers and the common issues with the GTI's they've just bought the car, used it as you do, give it a run out along a country road or whatever once every now and then, serviced it as you do... and yeah.. but now i have a question.. i've learnt a few things from visiting this forum i just wondered that if say i bought a GTI with 35 - 45k miles on and the cam follower hadn't been changed every 20k or so like people on here say it should be then is there a good chance theres a hole right through it and bits of cam follower swimming in the engine or could it be absolutely fine still but better to replace it asap once i had bought the car..
Also if i was to change it and found there was a big hole in it what happens then? Is it an oil change and just new cam follower or is there likely more than that to replace?
Plus if i was to test drive a car with a bust cam follower how would i be able to tell if its bust or good as gold as i've never driven a GTI so i don't know what to expect in power delivery terms so i was hoping maybe you guys could shine some light on that if you've had this problem before or if you've had experience driving a GTI with a bust CF..
Cheers