yea mate cars always run on 99...dont think cam follower has ever been changed ..best get this looked into then as never heard about it..nice one
As Betty posted, order one from Alex's shop and yes it can be bought from the VW main dealer or TPS. Treat the Cam Follower, along the DV, as a serviceable item and change it once a year, especially the CF on a mapped car.
What nonsense! Neither the DV nor the CF are 'serviceable items' - and there is categorically NO need to replace either every year!
My GTI is remaped - done nearly 80k miles - and is still on its original DV and CF!
I presume you've at least checked the cam follower??
I will only change DV when it's fooked
I check the CF every other service. I initally checked the CF every 6 months (took photos) and the DV every year - the diaphragm never has any splits - and to be honest, my butt dyno will tell me if it tears.
The cam follower has not shown any difference in wear for say the last 65k miles (sods law when I next check it - it'll be fooked!
). I've got a copy of the TSB, and I noticed over the first 15k from new, the dark grey coating gradually got 'polished' off (just like what happens on all cam lobes) - but there has never been any wear whatsoever.
This BS about replacing the CF came about via our ill-informed previous leader
- in the same way he tried to peddle catch cans with the same level of viggor as suppling weed to school kids a few yards away from the school gates!
Old saying - "if it aint broke - dont fix it".
