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Thread: 120,000km 2.5TDi service.....wish me luck

  1. #11
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    One of the reasons that I got rid of my T4 TDI at 108000km was because I had allowed over $2000 for the 120,000km service in my lease and I didn't want to pay it. It was also likely to need a new clutch from what I have heard although everything seamed perfect on mine when I traded it.
    Bob

    Ex 2004 Transporter TDI T4
    2007 Multivan Comfortline T5 128kw TDI Auto

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    This is a worrying trend. As these vans get older or reach higher mileages & labour rates continue to climb, it will cost more for a major service than the van is worth. I recently walked around U-Pullit wreckers & saw several Korean cars, undamaged but obviously with mechanical problems waiting to have a few parts scavanged & then crushed.
    IMO the only way to prolong the life of our vehicles & reduce costs is to DIY.
    I can hear people saying now it's too hard, but unless you are physically impaired & you are not interested, most of the work people are paying for they could do themselves. In a lot of cases the problem is the lack of info & confidence. This forum & others like it can address these problems.
    There is a forum in the states where members regularly dismantle their injector pumps & make up special tools so that they can replace a leaking seal without pulling the whole thing apart.
    If you are doing a repair or a service on your van, then take a few moments to take some pics. & some sort of write up as golf loon, rebuild & others have done to make this forum even better than it already is.

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    The hassle, jets, is that it'd just be too long off the road if I did this stuff myself and too expensive to tool up for more of the specialised stuff.

    I have done most of my vehicle servicing to date myself....and I still do most of the interim servicing. But I simply don't have the time & skills to do a major service like this one. Nor do I have the the necessary hardware/software to deal with the diagnostics etc.

    A good example of something I reckon I can do from a skills perspective but not a time and tooling perspective is changing the front CV boots....there's not much mechanically tricky about the process although it appears to be somewhat fiddly (especially if one is lying on their back) and I'd need some specialty bolt drivers (but I might have at least one lying around)....my weekends are fairly precious to me and such a job might take me all weekend. Not a great look when I'm in the middle of reno's....

    Which is why I'm prepared to pay professionals.....but I still don't have to like it.

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    If you can hold off the CV joints a while , I am in the process of a write up with pictures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seano View Post
    The hassle, jets, is that it'd just be too long off the road if I did this stuff myself and too expensive to tool up for more of the specialised stuff.

    I have done most of my vehicle servicing to date myself....and I still do most of the interim servicing. But I simply don't have the time & skills to do a major service like this one. Nor do I have the the necessary hardware/software to deal with the diagnostics etc.

    A good example of something I reckon I can do from a skills perspective but not a time and tooling perspective is changing the front CV boots....there's not much mechanically tricky about the process although it appears to be somewhat fiddly (especially if one is lying on their back) and I'd need some specialty bolt drivers (but I might have at least one lying around)....my weekends are fairly precious to me and such a job might take me all weekend. Not a great look when I'm in the middle of reno's....

    Which is why I'm prepared to pay professionals.....but I still don't have to like it.

    What I do is break the items of a major service down to small parts & do each part as time permits eg fuel filter change, brake fluid change, air cleaner, pollen filter etc can be serviced over a period of time, as long as you document when you do them. The more complicated procedures eg cambelt & fuel pump timing belt changes you could arrange for your service guy to do.
    I have found the cost of tooling is very small compared with paying for the job to be done. I am currently assembling the tools to do a cambelt change myself. I have made the crankshaft holding tool to undo/tighten the stretch bolt in the balancer pulley. I purchased the 35mm special spanner 3355 for tightening the tensioner from ebay & the cord & program for setting injection timing also from ebay.

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    A bit of a followup...

    The lads at the dealer decided to fit a non-genuine serpentine belt during the service. Although it is a Dayco branded belt. It appears that this choice may have been made due to the VW parts interpreter not being arsed to make the extra effort to determine exactly which belt size my engine requires...or some similar foolery.

    The upshot is that the aforementioned Dayco belt squeaks like a bastard, particularily when cold. It went back to the dealer this morning for a look see and diagnosis.

    They gave it a quick lube which they acknowledged wouldn't fix the problem in the long term.......in the meantime they'll source a genuine belt and give me a yell when it has arrived. Then replace it.....naturally free of charge.

    I'll get them to do the CV boots and heater hose at the same time.

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    I needed a new serpentine belt for mine & was sold the wrong one by my local bloke. He said there are 3 or 4 listed & could get me the correct one.I think the problem comes from my van having Denso system fitted with Sanden compressor. I priced the Gates brand at CBC [bearing co] & finished up paying $31.05 I think they made a mistake, it should have been $40 to $50. Mine is a Gates Micro-V K060858.

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