Possible New Engine Needed?

[Rossc0]

Good news.

VW are taking it in for "diagnostic" at £56 charge.
I know VAGCOM reads clean, no errors, so it's a bit of a wasted expense on my part. They'll sh!t themselves when the rocker cover is opened up though, cams at all angles.

Have to get it towed there myself, they wouldnt pay for that 

[joe6]

Hope you get it sorted without too much hassle - for free? Keep us updated. You have a TSB number to quote at the dealers from my last post on this theme.

[Obbzi]

Good news.

VW are taking it in for "diagnostic" at £56 charge.
I know VAGCOM reads clean, no errors, so it's a bit of a wasted expense on my part. They'll sh!t themselves when the rocker cover is opened up though, cams at all angles.

Have to get it towed there myself, they wouldnt pay for that 

Good luck and let us know how you get on with it all

[mike.]

Good news.

VW are taking it in for "diagnostic" at £56 charge.
I know VAGCOM reads clean, no errors, so it's a bit of a wasted expense on my part. They'll sh!t themselves when the rocker cover is opened up though, cams at all angles.

Have to get it towed there myself, they wouldnt pay for that 

Which dealer are you going to , Agnews?

I have taken an extended warranty out as mine has just passed three mainly due to hearing issues like this 

[Snoopy]

As watchdog did a program this month on the BMW timing chain issue destroying diesel engines.
The people who have had failures may want to inform bbc watchdog that VW also has a big issue with timing chain tensioners destroying engines.
 
 

[Rossc0]

Good news.

VW are taking it in for "diagnostic" at £56 charge.
I know VAGCOM reads clean, no errors, so it's a bit of a wasted expense on my part. They'll sh!t themselves when the rocker cover is opened up though, cams at all angles.

Have to get it towed there myself, they wouldnt pay for that 

Which dealer are you going to , Agnews?

I have taken an extended warranty out as mine has just passed three mainly due to hearing issues like this 

Yeah Mike, it's going to Agnews unfortunately, but I'd like to keep things all above board and simple.

I sincerely hope VW do something about it, as I don't want to be forking out too much. I'm prepared to take a little hit - even though I really shouldn't be.

Yes I have the TSB number on the previous page, I've a feeling it might come in very handy if they start playing silly buggers

[Poached]

That TSB may only be applicable in VW USA?

You can see an entry for 2009/10/11:

http://www.aboutautomobile.com/TSB/2009/Volkswagen/GTI/Engine

[Rossc0]

That's a different TSB number and date filed

[Neil gti]

Just thought id post this for info purposes if anyone was interested in an idea of costs,

 Well for piece of mind at that sort of price I'll be booking it in next week,
Not worth messing around yourself ?

This is the reply I got

Good morning Neil

To replace the timing chain tensioner to the latest type and all new bolts cover etc needed would be £262.70inc fitted. I see that we have your car in with us tomorrow for the K04 Turbo upgrade, unfortunately I don't think we would have time to replace this tensioner at the same time. If you have any other questions please let me know, Andy is not back in until tomorrow.

If you would like the tensioner replacing we can arrange a booking with you when you bring your car in tomorrow, we have time available next week.

Kind regards,

Ben Baxter
AutoTechnica

Tel: 01482 353369

[Poached]

That's a different TSB number and date filed

Yes it's different,the TSB mentioned earlier may have no relevance in the UK market.

For example the cam follower on the MK5 was given an extended warranty by VW USA but there is no extended warranty in the UK.