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[brad]

No different to VW/Audi & you can always order from O/S - They are $400 delivered on eBay

I can't work out why you are going to a dealer. Why not a specialist independant VW workshop? There's a few good ones down in MEL.

[Lucas_R]

I very much doubt (although not impossible of course) that your HPFP has failed. There is nothing to them, they are so simple. A stuck injector or blocked injector is possible though.

How many km's has your engine done? Ever done a carbon clean?

[Mysticality]

No different to VW/Audi & you can always order from O/S - They are $400 delivered on eBay

I can't work out why you are going to a dealer. Why not a specialist independant VW workshop? There's a few good ones down in MEL.

+1
I hear the Melbourne independants are amazing... And on the opposite end - Melbourne dealerships are terrible!

[1NSANE]

No different to VW/Audi & you can always order from O/S - They are $400 delivered on eBay

I can't work out why you are going to a dealer. Why not a specialist independant VW workshop? There's a few good ones down in MEL.

Yeah I know you can get cheaper overseas but then you have at least a minimum weeks postage time and that's if you're lucky. My car is completely undrivable at the moment. As far as the independents go, I would love to have an independent out in the West but there just aren't any. I've had the car about 10 months now and it was serviced by an independent before so I'm not sure if any recalls have been done which is why I'm thinking of taking it to a dealer.

[1NSANE]

I very much doubt (although not impossible of course) that your HPFP has failed. There is nothing to them, they are so simple. A stuck injector or blocked injector is possible though.

How many km's has your engine done? Ever done a carbon clean?

These cars are so different compared to what I have dealt with before and there are a lot of forum posts saying that hpfp's have failed. I know that the tsi ones are stronger but there has been quite a few failures still. As well as failing fuel filters, high pressure sensors, injectors, inlet manifolds. Scary stuff and unfortunately the fault codes are very vague. My car has just hit 100,000 k's and I'm not sure if it has been cleaned before but it has had a full service history.

[Lucas_R]

Service history does not cover carbon cleaning. With 100,000km it is entirely possible that your issue is carbon buildup on the valves and injector tips. When the injector tips get blocked up then the flow is compromised as you can imagine.

Carbon buildup affects ALL direct injection engines, regardless of TFSI or TSI etc.

Do yourself a favour and have a read through this: (TSI) Another carbon build up removal DIY

[1NSANE]

Ok, you've convinced me I need to do a clean. Really, really don't want to though. I'm assuming this won't fix my injector issue though as it seems to be dumping excess fuel into the system by staying open, not being blocked up. How do I know which injector is screwed? Is it whichever cylinder is misfiring on the vcds scan? Thanks for your help as well, it is appreciated.

[1NSANE]

Ok, update on this. I'm over cars at the moment so I want someone else to fix it. I've booked it into Volks Affair on Monday morning. They claim they have a special bit of equipment to decarbonise the engine and it will only cost me $200 so I'd prefer to pay rather than do the work myself. He also seems to think it is unlikely to be a fuel injector so we will see when he gets back to me with the verdict. West Melbourne really needs a specialist Euro workshop.

[1NSANE]

I thought I would update this with a resolution so that anyone searching with similar issues will know. I had to get 2 fuel injectors replaced as 1 was stuck wide open and the other was dribbling fuel. Also had to get new oil because there was fuel in the oil. He also mentioned that my car with 102,000 k's was pretty gunked up and was in desperate need of a clean. So far so good but with a massive bill. Thanks to Lucas_R for all his help.

[brad]

Thanks for the update.

Any idea why the injectors gummed up?