My cam follower experience

[fhh02a]

Hey guys.
I had my stock/maybe replaced cam follower changed yesterday.

I thought it looked great considering there is 78k miles on the odometer. I dont have to worry about it for a while now. I was constantly afraid that it was going to be blown to pieces and slowly killing my car. I do know, that the car has been ran on really good oil. I currently use 0w-40 Mobil 1. I would like to think that it helped promote less ware on the follower.

Here is a picture of the one that was replaced

[vasquezgerardo]

Best if you buy at dealer keep those small pieces original
Cost is cheap

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[fhh02a]

Best if you buy at dealer keep those small pieces original
Cost is cheap

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i put a new one in from ECS.

[Brillo]

That looks pretty good for 78k miles. Are you certain that it hadn't ever been replaces?

[JesusB7a4]

How often should we replace these?

[Brillo]

Stock setup - check it at 20k, might even be oK to 30k but wouldn't go much further than that. Check and or change more often if not stock.

[fhh02a]

That looks pretty good for 78k miles. Are you certain that it hadn't ever been replaces?

yeah, i thought so too. and TBH I dont know if it was or not. I bought the car at an Audi dealer used and it was previously serviced only at Audi

[pkny]

You don't have a tune correct?

My follower black coating wears out to bare metal after 20k. Currently on GIAC tune. Car changed out with Mobile 1 0w-40 for the past few changes.

[DannyDeez]

I replaced my original cam follower when I bought my car with 82,000 miles on it. It was actually in good condition as well. Now I replace it every other oil change just to be safe.