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Offline shambow

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!!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« on: 22 February 2010, 06:15 »
H bad news everyone i have chocolate camshaft  :sick: does any body know were the best place i can buy the full kit an how much will it cost?i dont want too buy from vw as it will cost an arm an a leg.(camshaft followers bearing )an im going too do the timing belt an water pump as well.i cant for the life of me understand why my cam has gone with only 36k on her  :sad:
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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2010, 10:02 »
need more details m8. e.g. engine size. Engine Code? BHP?

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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2010, 10:14 »
will be ARL / 150bhp I'm thinking......

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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2010, 14:10 »
a arl with only 36k some old granny must of had it.

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« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2010, 14:22 »
a arl with only 36k some old granny must of had it.

yep and possibly poorly maintained though its not the first case of low mileage cam failure i've heard of  :sad:

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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2010, 15:32 »
mite take mine off at the weekend and check it out. Is there a upgraded version from vw to solve the issue. or if you bought anotherone from them it would be the same?

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« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2010, 16:04 »
mite take mine off at the weekend and check it out. Is there a upgraded version from vw to solve the issue. or if you bought anotherone from them it would be the same?

never remember but i think it was the followers that were upgraded  :undecided:

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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2010, 16:13 »
just wondering now wither to change the followers on mine if the cam is ok. Just so i dont fall foul to the choc cam issue

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« Reply #8 on: 24 February 2010, 16:15 »
just wondering now wither to change the followers on mine if the cam is ok. Just so i dont fall foul to the choc cam issue

there are hundreds of cars without the issue so you could be spending out for nothing

Visual inpsection for now should do the job  :smiley:

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Re: !!chocolate camshaft please help!!
« Reply #9 on: 24 February 2010, 16:17 »
hopefully with mine being an 03 plate it mite have had the issue resolved towards the end of the production of the mk4