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Got my Gti back for anyone who cares!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:17 pm
by aldo10
After two 3 weeks without my gti due to the cam shaft seizing and causing loads of problems etc i finally got it back and i must say i missed it soooooooo much i was driving a clio as courtesy and missed my polo every minute of the day, thank god it was under warranty aswell so no expense to me
moral of the story is, i fcuking love my polo Gti
Re: Got my Gti back for anyone who cares!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:22 pm
by Reeyad
aldo10 wrote:After two 3 weeks without my gti due to the cam shaft seizing and causing loads of problems etc i finally got it back and i must say i missed it soooooooo much i was driving a clio as courtesy and missed my polo every minute of the day, thank god it was under warranty aswell so no expense to me
moral of the story is, i fcuking love my polo Gti
I love my GTi too, saying that I just took a spin in a Mini cooper s, I have fallen in love...............
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:00 am
by benny oopz
Glad your car's back. I'd be lost without mine.
What casued the cam shaft problem?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:05 am
by neilw
Cam Belt tensioner failing I expect
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:44 pm
by hot_polo
your lucky its under warranty mate, otherwise you should have got the vaseline ready!
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:56 pm
by Nick.m
Glad you got your car back. I know what it's like cause i'm without my car at the mo (didn't realise walking was so knackering) and i miss my GTI soo much..
Now you can enjoy it to the full
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:31 pm
by aldo10
to be honest i aint to sure about the problem the garage told me that the cam shaft seized and the timing belt jumped because of this, bending valves etc.
just so glad i got it back and just for anyone thats thinkng about buying a clio DONT
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:06 pm
by Si_GTi
aldo10 wrote:...and just for anyone thats thinkng about buying a clio DONT
Hehehe well said, deutchland deutchland uber ales
Bet you are glad it was under warranty at the time though, mine was under warranty when I had a similar thing happen (although not quite so severely) and I too didn't have to fork out from my own pocket - phew! Very glad!
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:28 am
by VDUBGTI
how many miles had your car done b4 this problem?
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:35 pm
by Si_GTi
about 51,000 in three years with it's previous owner
plus 2,000 I'd put on. So I was at ~53,000 when the tensioner failed.