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brownbear
16-10-10, 10:06 PM
I'm due to ban all VW's from my life forever!!
£300 for timing chains and tensioners!! WTF!!

£200 for a gasket set!

£120 for spark plugs, pas fluid, coolant and a air and oil filter!

That's not including buying the f***ing engine to rebuild!

So there is my mini rant and also a breif explanation as to why my cheap daily to run till ades Sr became available turned into a German money pit with a obsession for my wallet and now I can't buy it!

Aaaaaaaaaaagh!
Pistol Pete
16-10-10, 10:09 PM
Is that genuine parts?? Surely ECP and the like would be cheaper??
brownbear
16-10-10, 10:15 PM
Chains and tensioners vag
Gaskets plugs fluid etc Gsf but not complete gasket set had to buy additional and guess what... "main dealer only" plugs are Bloody NGK super platnums... Joys of needing 6! :(
Pistol Pete
16-10-10, 10:17 PM
Ouch!
brownbear
16-10-10, 10:18 PM
Oh and chain tensioners are updated ones from the latest Vw V6's.
So more cost! Near as damn it 1k including block. Wish I'd never bought it. But at least it's bullet proof for the charger now.
brownbear
16-10-10, 10:19 PM
The worst bit. I destroyed nearly 6 brand new plugs when I blew the last engine up! Not a happy bunny...
brownbear
16-10-10, 10:21 PM
It's the plugs that annoy me! Near as damn it £50 a set!
Mike
16-10-10, 10:22 PM
Should have called me mate, I could of had you the lot for less then half that!!
brownbear
16-10-10, 10:31 PM
Should have called me mate, I could of had you the lot for less then half that!!

Shut the stable door the horse has bolted! Lol
opelbuck2000
16-10-10, 10:33 PM
I feel your pain mate.. Got the other half an a4 a few months ago on the usual word of how reliable vag are etc etc and it's a bloody money pit.. Wouldn't buy another.. Unless it's somethin special
Novasport
16-10-10, 10:37 PM
BMW M5 plugs are £20 each!





Oh, and you need 10 of them. £200 plus vat then you have to fit them!
Mike
16-10-10, 10:45 PM
Shut the stable door the horse has bolted! Lol

lol yeah there is that lol lol bit late now I suppose lol
Sloth
16-10-10, 10:49 PM
im really gonna **** you off bud, my mate has a full vr6 2.9 motor forsale, £400 notes, 89k...
Jack
17-10-10, 01:41 AM
Does it seriously HAVE to have super diddly daddly silly plugs?
Spudly
17-10-10, 02:28 AM
Lol shoulda stayed vaux Tom, my cambelt kit, waterpump, coolant, aux belt and rocker cover gasket came to about £170 for my V6 vectra lol


Think plugs and leads were about £40 too :p
L14MNP
17-10-10, 12:41 PM
Stop Dubbin' incorrectly. What would the scened out watercooled kids say?! lol

Low n slow is what you want, then it doesn't matter what plugs you have. lol
Connor
17-10-10, 01:20 PM
Stop Dubbin' incorrectly. What would the scened out watercooled kids say?! lol

Low n slow is what you want, then it doesn't matter what plugs you have. lol
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol sooooo true lol
chimp007_uk
17-10-10, 02:23 PM
I feel your pain!! I love to hate for golf... Need to new engine or it, but £1500 fitted takes the pi$$
brownbear
17-10-10, 11:20 PM
As soon as it's in and running i'm sure i'll forget the pain... Just pissed me off, Felt like i'd been stabbed seeing "ades" *Read my* SR for sale knowing my fundage had been raped. The bugger is I can run cheaper plugs, I can buy cheaper gaskets, You can buy ECP chains and tensioners but I prefer not to cut back on essentials (I'm a proper silver spoon VW boy when it comes to stuff like that) It's my own fault! I got a pretty damn fine bodied VR for less than a grand. You can only get rotters for that kinnda money.... I suppose i'm lucky in a way, It's easier to do an engine than to chase rust!
Stuart
18-10-10, 09:45 AM
Have to say the chain kit (FULL KIT!) for the 2.2 vauxh engine is getting on for £300.
brownbear
22-10-10, 02:14 AM
OH YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

13.5 miles of ridiculous slow driving including a £130 set of lifters after 10 miles and guess what!!!

Con Rod through the side of the re built block!
Edd
22-10-10, 02:25 AM
That's not good :(

Supposedly VW are meant to be very reliable, but I constantly hear these types of storries

Get rid of it and get a Vauxhall, reliable and cheaper to fix :thumb:
brownbear
22-10-10, 02:29 AM
If i get rid now i'm close to 2k out of pocket. New block and third time lucky I guess!!
brownbear
22-10-10, 08:26 PM
Collected third block for chitty chitty (it's gone bang bang twice now) 3rd times a charm!!