How to change Fuel Pump Cam Follower on 2.0 TFSi

[mk1mad]

A excellent guide, first job ticked off. Very little wear  with just the top coating removed.  mileage 72k first 50 on long life.

[AndyBrown]

On the two pipes, the metal one and rubber, does the second rubber one need to be removed or can this stat on and still have enought room to move the pump to get access to the cam follower?

[mk1mad]

I left the rubber pipe connected, there was still enough room to change the follower.

[Stamanatic]

Is it definitely coated? I got mine from the dealer but doesn't look coated to me

[SkyJawa]

Had a look to do the wifes at the weekend, but her's is an 05 and has the 2 metal pipes so after reading some posts on here I thought stuff it I'll get a garage to do it.

Is it really that much more of a pita?

[Scott73]

Im in the same boat SkyJawa  I just stripped mine to do, and was quite gutted to see it had the two steel pipes. I started the job and got as far as trying to get at the left hand pipe that needs to be undone from underneath, I couldnt seem to get at it with my fat fingers/hands so might need to look at asking a garage to do it.
A bit disapointed, as not being much of a mechanic I had followed the guides on here and managed to change my plugs, DV and PCV so far and my confidence was building regarding doing a lot of the small jobs myself, plus I've really enjoyed it as well. 

[kross]

Likewise. Was going to do it tonight as I expect to be putting a thousand miles on it this week comming.

My intention was to try and avoid the banjo bolt issue by just following the fuel pipes to their ends and disconnecting them, but ran into a few problems-

One- the old style fuel pump doesn't seem to have a pressure release valve. Is there a way to bleed the pressure off that doesn't involve blowing my hands off?

Two/Three- the fuel pipe splits into two- one end runs along the top of the (I think) manifold until it meets a rubber line which is clamped in place. The other end of the fuel pipe vanishes to god knows where under the manifold.

I've seen an Audi forum user who removed the entire pump in this way, but his fuel pipes seemed to terminate in threaded ends retained by a bolt. Mine I'm not so sure about.

Might just buy a 12 splined triple square and have a go, but the results on other forums don't fill me with confidence.

[Andy-GTI]

Excellent thread. Should be pinned!

Quick newbie question. Sorry I havent read all 8 pages.

What, if anything, is done differently for a DSG car?

[dazza]

Nothing is different on a DSG car.

By the looks of it a lot of people are struggling with the banjo bolt on earlier models.

Its not that difficult. Here are a couple of tools that will help. I'm always using these so they are a good investment.

1/4 inch socket set.
Screwdriver bit set which includes the M8 triple square and everything else you could ever think of.
1/4 inch and 1/2 inch wobble bar set.

Few pics below. I've now replaced the fuel line with the banjo bolt with the newer version.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?page=mods&mod=95

[Lazye]

I replaced the cam follower using this 'how to'. Thanks for the help, very clear. Nice easy job, only took 15 minutes.

My cam follower had very little wear but changed anyway. Car is an '07 ED30 with 77k on the clock. I am pretty sure it hasn't been changed prior to this. Quite reassured by the condition as I expected a lot more wear. Car has oil changed ever 5000 miles but has done a fair few track days and driven quite hard when warm.

I'll put some pics up when I get a chance.

[Mitch H]

Do you have to set tdc when changing just the cam follower?

[rich83]

It's recommended in the official guides, but you don't need to.

[Mitch H]

All done. Hardly owt wrong with it but it's done and ticked off the list, pre map checks before r tech in a couple of weeks   

[horsemeat]

Thanks for the write up! 6 years later, still a great help. 

I actually found the most irritating part was removing the airbox. Hasn't helped my temptation to stick a CAI on really.

[Mitch H]

Thanks for the write up! 6 years later, still a great help. 

I actually found the most irritating part was removing the airbox. Hasn't helped my temptation to stick a CAI on really.

Helps if you have the engine running before to get the rubber mounts warm.
That's the only tip I've got, only removed mine once and that was to fit evoms cai