Snapped |Exhaust Camshaft

[hunter2003k]

On the run to work today my golf gti died, upon inspection it had no compression on any cylinder, and when we took the cam cover off the exhaust cam is snapped in two.

so at a guess i will need a complete cylinder head, plus timing belt kit, plus head gasket kit.

Can anyone reccomend a good source of used cylinder heads/remanufactured

i have only just replaced the clutch, flywheel & slave cylinder so not having much luck with the car.

car is 2005 55 plate axx engine

[DamoP]

On the run to work today my golf gti died, upon inspection it had no compression on any cylinder, and when we took the cam cover off the exhaust cam is snapped in two.

so at a guess i will need a complete cylinder head, plus timing belt kit, plus head gasket kit.

Can anyone reccomend a good source of used cylinder heads/remanufactured

i have only just replaced the clutch, flywheel & slave cylinder so not having much luck with the car.



car is 2005 55 plate axx engine

put an advert in the wanted section mate

[Matthewsimone]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

[GrayMK5GTI]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

If it helps, there have been hardly any serious failures like this mentioned on this forum since it started.

There are more on the Civic Type R forum tbh 

[Matthewsimone]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

If it helps, there have been hardly any serious failures like this mentioned on this forum since it started.

There are more on the Civic Type R forum tbh 

That's a litle more reassuring to here 

[fab5freddy]

Hey buddy,

Sorry to here of your troubles, i had bottom end trouble earlier in the year, so i feel your pain, i have my cylinder head for sale if your interested 

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,91561.0.html

[joestella28]

Hi Mate,

Have you still got your old Intake camshaft and if so, is it any good? The sprocket on mine has cracked putting the timing out 

Let me know,

Joe

[howie1987]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

If it helps, there have been hardly any serious failures like this mentioned on this forum since it started.

There are more on the Civic Type R forum tbh 

Been on the civic type r forums for years and never seen one lol. Only time a honda engine goes is if you don't top the oil up usually.

Never seen tfsi engine go like this either right enough.

[GrayMK5GTI]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

If it helps, there have been hardly any serious failures like this mentioned on this forum since it started.

There are more on the Civic Type R forum tbh 

Been on the civic type r forums for years and never seen one lol. Only time a honda engine goes is if you don't top the oil up usually.

Never seen tfsi engine go like this either right enough.

There's been quite a few on CTRO. A guy with an FN2 blew his up just accelerating onto the M62 (wasn't oil related either).

Focus ST 225s crack cylinder liners (tuned or stock) which makes the engine scrap.

The AXX TFSI engines have pretty poor camshafts, but bottom ends are stronger than BWA strangely enough. . .

[howie1987]

Jesus these tfsi engines don't half throw up some bloody problems at times

If it helps, there have been hardly any serious failures like this mentioned on this forum since it started.

There are more on the Civic Type R forum tbh 

Been on the civic type r forums for years and never seen one lol. Only time a honda engine goes is if you don't top the oil up usually.

Never seen tfsi engine go like this either right enough.

There's been quite a few on CTRO. A guy with an FN2 blew his up just accelerating onto the M62 (wasn't oil related either).

Focus ST 225s crack cylinder liners (tuned or stock) which makes the engine scrap.

The AXX TFSI engines have pretty poor camshafts, but bottom ends are stronger than BWA strangely enough. . .

Very unlucky then lol. Not saying its never happend just meaning i've not seen it over the years. I wasn't disputing what you were saying just incase it came across that wat lol.

Every engine will have its weak points just some are worse than others. And of course sometimes can be down to how well maintained it is.

[hunter2003k]

Hi Mate,

Have you still got your old Intake camshaft and if so, is it any good? The sprocket on mine has cracked putting the timing out 

Let me know,

Joe

the cam follower lobe on the intake camshaft is trashed, i will take some pictures of the stripped down head tomorrow and post them up, the exhaust camshaft journals are trashed, the oil gallerys were covered over by metal from either the cam or the head, loks to have probably been oil starved

[hunter2003k]

Hi Mate,

Have you still got your old Intake camshaft and if so, is it any good? The sprocket on mine has cracked putting the timing out 

Let me know,

Joe

if you want the cam you can have it, its heading to the scrap pile anyway

[hunter2003k]

[th3_f15t]

@vRSAlex - Do you have spare parts needing a new home?

Failing all else, may be worth looking towards a whole engine conversion to a CDL or BHZ (or similar). These are the K04 turbo, stronger and more powerful engines, they can take some serious punishment and are found in Audi S3, Seat Leon Cupra R and ED30 GTI's (I think). You can transfer pretty much everything from your existing setup to it (so all the clutch and flywheel work can be swapped over).

[GTIEagles]

What a crapper mate  This makes me paranoid about my car being a AXX on 100K. What was the mileage when this happened and do you know if the cam follower was ever replaced?