My 2017 MK7 GTI SE has 115k on it. Recently it was in for service and the mechanic noted that the timing chain cover was starting to leak oil. They did a measurement in VCDS of the timing chain and the comment was "total of both phase actual values -4.4" and suggested I might consider doing the chain at the same time. Can anyone comment on that measurement? How close am I to needing replacement?
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Timing chain stretch measurements?
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jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
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It's due. Spec is 5 +/-
jay745
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Expect to pay about $2k all in.
Diggs24
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I'd confirm it myself with VCDS before shelling out that kind of money. You should own VCDS or at least OBD11 anyways.
tigeo
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This is the 1.8 so make sure to find the 2.0 as it's likely different. It's not a cheap repair...
berserker6
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This had me wanting to check my own shit. This is what I came up with. Car has 103K miles
tigeo
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The 1.8 doesn't have VVT on exhaust cam so my 47 isn't relevant. I seem to recall both numbers below 5 is ok.
berserker6
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That was gonna be my next question. Do I take the 1.5° at face value or do I combine the two and get 3° (which is still below the 5° mentioned above)
tigeo
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Honestly, no clue. Google/forum search is your friend here as I was able to find info when I was having these questions a while back. I believe it's individual. Just start a post and ask folks to post their values.That was gonna be my next question. Do I take the 1.5° at face value or do I combine the two and get 3° (which is still below the 5° mentioned above)
Mine was stretched. They replaced it and also re-sealed the valve cover gasket which had started to leak into the spark plug holes. Cost for the repair was about 3500 from a local indy that works on European cars. As a bonus I got new spark plugs, oil change, and a coolant flush as part of the repair. Pretty expensive to fix these two things. But it’s the first engine repair I’ve had on this car with the exception of the water pump issue in 115,000 miles. So I guess that’s pretty good.
Who was the indy shop that did the work? And did they go off of the phase cam or the hold to count the threads?
PerceivedShift
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