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I paid to have the pushrods & seals replaced last year due to an oil leak, the van is in a different garage now after springing another oil leak, the mechanic is saying that it's the pushrods again.

how long should these things last once they've been replaced? I know that they arn't an expensive part but I paid a fair bit in labour to get them done

they should last a good few years.certainly longer that a year...

Karen
Like Rob says ,they should last a few years ,But did you have both sides done last year. The last years garage could have just done the one/s that were leaking
I'd pay to get both sides done (all 8 of the buggers) and then you will know they are all good.
Not sure if there's any quality issues with the seals ?

Cheers ,
I did pay for all 8 to be done last year - the garage that iv'e just been to said that there maybe an issue with the seals not sealing due to not being clean or something but it is a new tube / seal leaking. I have tried phoning the place where I had them done last year & all I got was "call back tomorrow" I'm not holding out much hope that they'll put them right; this was the same garage that fitted an exhaust for £350 when I'd only asked them to look at where it was blowing from

moral of the story is........go by personal recommendation when choosing a garage, not the fact that it claims to be an 'Aircooled specialist'

There are some bad seals on the market, GSF is typical, they are lasting about a year before they start leaking again, labour for this job should be 1-2 hours maximum, depending on how much prep and cleaning they have to do, unfortunately I learned the hard way, did a customers that took only an hour using GSF seals they broke down and leaked after 6 months, bought the silicon seals from cool-air which have lasted 18 months so far and are still dry.

I believe that they were GSF seals fitted - the garage is next door to a GSF outlet.......so how do I get hold of some of these silicon seals steve? are cool-air a brand? I would much rather pay a little extra now & not have to shell out on an annual basis

That reply should have read 18 months and still dry, however try these peeps http://www.coolairvw.co.uk/ca/3764/index/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for your seals, give them a ring and tell them you want the red silicon seals if i remember rightly they are about 49p each

Hi,
Choosing a garage by personel recomendation doesn't always work either.
Earlier this year I paid out my hard earned cash to a well known vw expert/recomended garage for new tappets, push rod tubes and seals etc. A few days later I had push rod tube seal leak resulting in RAC recovery job as I was on holiday. Later discovered when having the work re-done that the tappets were not new ones, two split seals, damaged tube, original rocker box cover seals had been re- used (leaking) and the tappet adjusting bolts had been 'attacked' with a grinder.
Needless to say I did not get any response when I asked the 'experts what work they had done.
Had to put it down to one of lifes experiences.
Don

Thats a scary story fella, did you take it further?

i droped a valve a month ago opps butter fingers whilst re doing my head i bought new cam folowers pushrod tubes and a headset kit from The engine shop the guy on the phone was very helpful he said put no sealant on the push rod tube seals or enything else these guys build engines for the dub sciene with guarantees hope this helps personaly i think the stainless steel spring loaded pushrod tubes are best they dont leak in the middle and you can re use them as gsf now say they dont stock them and they are £15 each which is a lot of dosh when u need 8 i need a stainles spring loaded tube if any one has one for my water cooled 1.9dg goodluck