[Vwdiesel] mfg info

[James Hansen]

Thanks Hayden, that's pretty much my line of thought too.  They really don't want comebacks, can't afford to have poor quality, so they definitely try to have good things.  Everything I've ordered from them in the past in the maintenance side of things has been fairly priced, and quite good.
Fix you're thinking of was the balance module chain piling up.  My 05 sedan has been trouble free (the one running the tuning box I bought from you), despite having the complete kit on the bench ready to fix that.  Back in the day, all these cars were considered a time bomb by the Fred crowd, just waiting to blow the chain, and lose oil pressure, so I succumbed to the hysteria, got the parts in anticipation of having to change it out immediately, which was more than 5 years ago...  So far after 180000km, it's all good.  The whale has 300k km on it, and the cam is done, but otherwise seems good.  It will get an eberspacher coolant heater, and can you say skimobile?  woohoo...
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: Hayden Chasteen [mailto:dieseltdi at verizon.net] 
Sent: August-17-16 8:35 AM
To: James Hansen
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mfg info

James, I cannot comment on the manufacturers directly, I can say that IDParts does try to stock the best parts they can find and you don’t often hear any complaints from their customers.  I have ordered a few things from them over the years and it has always been top notch.  Another thing you want to check for that car has something to do with the balance shaft.  I don’t recall exactly what the problem was but there was a fix available either from VW or aftermarket.  You may “have to” check Freds for that.  Hayden

> On Aug 17, 2016, at 12:53 AM, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
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> Hey all, hope summer is treating you well.
> 
> I have a question for those of you that have been into a BHW or other 
> newer stuff.  I now own a whale.  grey 2005 Passat variant wagon that 
> I traded a perfectly good 97 golf for (some friends needed a good car, 
> what could I do).  The Passat has consumed it's cam followers, typical of using the wrong
> oil-   Not wrongish oil but just plain old wrong, didn't read the manual at
> all kind of fubar.  The BHW cam replacement kit from ID parts has 
> glyco bearings and INA followers.  Comments as to experience with them 
> would be cool.  I just don't have the patience for Fred's any more, 
> but your comments and sarcasm will be appreciated, I've never heard much about INA or glyco.
> 
> On a separate note, it's ridiculous how much bigger the grey whale 
> looks than my petite black 2005 Passat sedan, and it's the same car 
> without a trunk. Does that make my sedan an elephant?  :)
> 
> james
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