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direwolf
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I live and work in France but communicating technical issues in French (appart from buying baguette) is not easy.
I have a 2006 T5 California LHD 2.5 174d (about k60 miles)which after a several perfect years just started hissing a bit when putting my foot down to accelerate, I thought it may be the Turbo so took it to the VW dealer. They told me it is a small crack in the manifold , the pipe taking the exhaust from the cylinder head.....They had the van for two weeks without contacting me when I went there I was told they had a problem with removing the bolts and had to re-tapp them. I understood that this could be an issue but they then explained that they-when re-tapping-made a mistake and went too deep and they have now removed the engine in totality and sent it to a specialist who deals with repairs to cylinder heads to repair it !!!
My question...has anyone else had a similar issue, I am wondering what would they drill into if they went too deep and can it be repaired without problems in the future with coolant or oil getting to the wrong place?
The dealer seems honest and explained they would pay(damn right) but I am wondering about future problems like turbo or head gaskett caused by this....Do any of you have any advice apart from sitting down in a dark corner with a strong Dram! Thank you for any advice.
I have a 2006 T5 California LHD 2.5 174d (about k60 miles)which after a several perfect years just started hissing a bit when putting my foot down to accelerate, I thought it may be the Turbo so took it to the VW dealer. They told me it is a small crack in the manifold , the pipe taking the exhaust from the cylinder head.....They had the van for two weeks without contacting me when I went there I was told they had a problem with removing the bolts and had to re-tapp them. I understood that this could be an issue but they then explained that they-when re-tapping-made a mistake and went too deep and they have now removed the engine in totality and sent it to a specialist who deals with repairs to cylinder heads to repair it !!!
My question...has anyone else had a similar issue, I am wondering what would they drill into if they went too deep and can it be repaired without problems in the future with coolant or oil getting to the wrong place?
The dealer seems honest and explained they would pay(damn right) but I am wondering about future problems like turbo or head gaskett caused by this....Do any of you have any advice apart from sitting down in a dark corner with a strong Dram! Thank you for any advice.