Just want my car back on the road should I just replace the bolts because seat might not even pay for the fix. What was your experience when the dealer when this happened to you?
It has never happened to my wife's Polo as it's engine was built slightly before this mess up kicked off, I'm just more than a bit hot under the collar about VW Group's approach or lack of support for those that ended up having this happen to them, while wondering just how well these bolts were fitted to my wife's Polo's engine.
I'm sure that I read a technical document from a VW Group marque that stated that cars with possibly affected engines, when/if they were being prepared for re-sale, but had not suffered this issue, then the repair kit was only 4 new bolts, before selling these used cars.
For car that had suffered like your car has, if the fuel rail is still okay, then the repair kit will be 4 bolts, + 4 sets of injector seals, + 4 "assembles" that fit over the injector and probably get destroyed when the tool for removing injectors is used. Some people have mentioned a total cost of £400 if the parts used are as listed. Most of the cost will be labour, parts under £100 maybe closer to £85. Some general workshops will not handle this task it seems.
Edit:- once these bolts have been replaced and torqued correctly, plus any other seals etc, this engine will be good, just an annoying assembly mess up, I'm quite happy with the engine in my wife's August 2015 VW Polo 1,2TSI 110PS and will be keeping it for many more years as I seem to have dodged a bullet in this case.
