Hi All, 

 

Really gutted this has to be my first post, but I am sure you guys will know if anyone knows. 

So my new secondhand car came with a 120 point check from the place I bought it from a week ago. I had spoken to the previous owner who mentioned a fuel pump leak. I did a further test drive and confirmed this with the dealer, so got £200 off the price.

Car is in my trusted service workshop, recommended by many VW owners and have been superb over last 7 years and had a call today, which seems to say (Mrs Duvet took the call) , that the tandem pump is faulty  and that this has caused fuel to get into the cooling system (Don't know the ins and outs of the VAG 1.9TDI, but can't see how the fuel system could breech into the coolant, unless within the cylinder? 

 

Upshot of thus is a quote of £900 to repair, seeming for pump and headgasket, so 50% of what I paid for the car. This is in addition to the perished suspension bushes that I have already had attended to. 

 

First question, is would I have any redress with the dealer, or by using the leak as a barter, have I lost that fight?

 

Secondly, anyone out there an expert on these engines? Can fuel leak from fuel system into cooling system?

 

Thirdly... What would you do in my position?

Yours mightily pi§§edoffily...

Ricky

When a Tandem pump fails you can get Fuel in the oil or oil in the fuel.

 

Not sure how it would ever get into the coolant unless the head is cracked (there are fuel ports in the head). Even a failure of the head gasket wouldn't cause fuel contamination, only the usual head gasket problems.

 

Sounds like you need to ring them back up and see what they actually told your Mrs because 'head gasket' could just mean 'gasket' for the fuel pump

Cheers for this. Even if it is the fuel gasket, can't see this being a £900 Job.

 

Yes will of course ring them back for the full story....but sounds way overpriced. Apparently the part is only available from Skoda... Are they that much? 

 

 

2 minutes ago, RickyDuvet said:

Cheers for this. Even if it is the fuel gasket, can't see this being a £900 Job.

 

Yes will of course ring them back for the full story....but sounds way overpriced. Apparently the part is only available from Skoda... Are they that much? 

 

 

 

They will be quoting you for a new tandem pump I'm presuming.

 

I bet you can get aftermarket ones, on that car I would get one off ebay second hand and chance it but If your paying for labour you want it right first time.