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General => The garage => Topic started by: spikiemikie on 23 June 2014, 16:15

Title: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: spikiemikie on 23 June 2014, 16:15

Further to my question yesterday, its turns out my car may have blown a valve on cylinder 1.

Shows the error codes
P0301 - Cylinder 1 detected fault Permanent.
P130a - Cylinder Deactivation intermittent
P00087 - Fuel rail system pressure too low.

Compression test of cylinder 1 - gave a 100psi reading climbing slowly to 120/130.

And this is on a main dealer bought, 1 previous owner, FVWSH, 44k mile car...... And comes two and a half months after the exhaust manifold had to be replaced under warranty!.

I'm no longer such a Volkswagen fan.

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: clancy on 23 June 2014, 17:38

May have ? Or has ? Presuming you took it to a garage to get scanned ? What did they actually say

Has it bent, broken, burnt ? Damaged anything else ? Certainly failures  don't always cause much damage and it could be as easy as new valves

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: spikiemikie on 23 June 2014, 19:31

I'm awaiting full details. Knowing the Volkswagen dealership, their standard line is 'before we can tell you whats wrong, and how much it will cost, we will have to strip it down and examine it' knowing they're pretty much giving themselves a blank cheque then, and the chance of you not going ahead with the work with them is non-existent.

Either way, if its new valves, I guess I'm still looking at £2,000ish by the time everything is taken off, checked, and the timing chain and the water pump and everything is replaced. And things this major should not be failing on a well cared for 44k mile car. 

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: clancy on 23 June 2014, 20:26

Water pump and chain would be around 4-500 I believe

Then the price of the valves and some labour

Would of thought it will stay the low side of 1k

Depends on the extent of the damage really,  hopefully there's not much

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: spikiemikie on 23 June 2014, 20:43

At £90 ish an hour though!...   but yes, fingers crossed. See what happens. I'll update on the final result.

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: clancy on 23 June 2014, 20:46

Well my understanding from what other have paid is that the 500 would be including labour.  So just labour on the valve replacements which isn't horrendous

Get a quote before agreeing then ask an independent

Title: Re: 09 plate Mk6 GTI just broke. *shocking update*
Post by: Wayne on 23 June 2014, 23:13

I would be asking VW to help with low miles and fsh