22000 ks and a blown gasget

[PoloGTi]

Ok so my Polo GTI has just ticked over 22,000ks and i have had the first prob.
Was driving at low revs down a hill when the car started to sound like a truck.
Took the car back to VW dealer and 3 dyas later found out that the bolts on the manifold and turbo were loose and the gasget had done, got the car back and 30ks later it happened again. Took the car back to VW and this time one bolt was missing 2 were loos and one was fine. Damn VW dealer i dont think in the first place the bolts were tight enough just hope this does not happen again. So if your polo does this i would not be suprised.
Cheers Rob

[GoLfMan]

Ok so my Polo GTI has just ticked over 22,000ks and i have had the first prob.
Was driving at low revs down a hill when the car started to sound like a truck.
Took the car back to VW dealer and 3 dyas later found out that the bolts on the manifold and turbo were loose and the gasget had done, got the car back and 30ks later it happened again. Took the car back to VW and this time one bolt was missing 2 were loos and one was fine. Damn VW dealer i dont think in the first place the bolts were tight enough just hope this does not happen again. So if your polo does this i would not be suprised.
Cheers Rob

those dealers leave alot to be desired.... hope it all works out

[mikinoz]

I rekon it is all of the extra APR boost blowing your gaskets to bits

[Timbo]

Name the dealer

[shaneth]

Mate thats not good to hear. Will have to keep an eye out for it. What did the dealer say they thought the cause was.

[Wand Weaver]

I rekon it is all of the extra APR boost blowing your gaskets to bits

Is it actually possible for the extra APR/GIAC/etc boost to damage a gasket, and would said chip invalidate the warranty on said gasket? :/

It's a bit dodgy of the dealer to look at it, fix the problem only to have it reoccur 30km later, though. Hope it all works out.

[PoloGTi]

Its not the chip ppls fault for a loose bolt by vw, heat and vibration over time with expension and contraction and vibration must have loosten the bolts. Then with a tiny gab the air found the path of least resistance and made it worse over a short time.

[PoloGTi]

oh and later found the work experienece person did the bolts up the first time so thats why they lostened.

[Timbo]

oh and later found the work experienece person did the bolts up the first time so thats why they lostened.

A bloody good reason to name the dealer!

[gpk_gti]

who was saying dealers do a good job??? hope its sorted now mate,sounds terrible!!

[Kai]

Ive done 38000k's (apr'd most of it)

I thrash it from A-B daily. And have never had anything wrong.

[PoloGTi]

yeah the flash has nothing to do with a bolt lol.

[PoloGTi]

This is getting silly 3rd time now on sat night it went again back to the dealer monday morning. This is starting to get to me how can 4 bolts get so loose after such a short time have been using standered boost to see if it still went and yes it has. So over it grrrrrrr.

[GoLfMan]

This is getting silly 3rd time now on sat night it went again back to the dealer monday morning. This is starting to get to me how can 4 bolts get so loose after such a short time have been using standered boost to see if it still went and yes it has. So over it grrrrrrr.

man that sounds mega dodgy that dealer sucks...

[PoloGTi]

Is it the dealer or vw how do bolts undo before the dealer touches it???? All i can do is keep getting them done up. When the dealer turns around and says what have you done to do this, how long untill they say no coz my car is chipped???