Cam Follower

[AdamRoutley]

Had mine changed this morning at Midland VW and got talking to Jody (the main man). He was saying that he gets a lot of people coming to have these changed but they don't wear THAT much resulting in changing!

He mentioned that the earlier A4 tfsi's were terrible but from 06 onwards they have been fine on standard fuel pumps.

He said that mine had hardly worn (64k) and he didnt think it had been changed.

 

[evo2345]

Jody told me the same, but I changed it anyway just to be safe.

 

[lc_allan]

For the sake of £20 odd quid I'd treat it as a consumable though. Not that much to add to the cost of a yearly service or even leave it every two. I used to buy a new splitter for the LCR every year and that's just cosmetic. I'd rather spend it out than worry about the damage it can cause, especially on a modified car.

 

[mark-cupra]

Yh had mine done yesterday and it was the same for me, hardly worn really and mines on 67k but had a new one on anyway just so it had been done lol

 

[Paulki]

My understanding is that if it's worn through the coating it needs to be replaced; I did mine at 24k, the coating was worn through, but no obvious wear to the metal.

For the cost of the part and if you're doing the work yourself it's inexpensive, so it's better to be safe than sorry!

Adam/Mark; do you have your old follower? I'd be interested to see it's condition after 60k+ if you could post a picture.

 

[mark-cupra]

Yh sure mate, i was just about put a photo up anyway haha, like i say i cant 100% say its never been done before but alot of people wont know about this issue unless they are on forums or a garage has advised them but as my car was pretty standard im just guessing it wont of been done lol, ill check it again in 10k see what its like then

i ran my finger nail across and you can feel a change when you go over the bit thats worn but it isnt like scratched really

 

[Deleted member 74601]

From my cambelt question thread, as I understand it, the cam follower runs the fuel pump on TFSI engines.

 

[Paulki]

This was mine after 24k

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[mark-cupra]

wow that looks more worn than mine, but it does differ on each engine and mine could of been done before