C5 2.5tdi

[dm80]

Quick question. Will the camshafts on these inevitably disintegrate, similar to C4 quattro fuel tanks?

[spink]

Depends what year,apparently around 2004 they started making them from some kind of metallic substance instead of lard

[Henkjan]

Quick question. Will the camshafts on these inevitably disintegrate, similar to C4 quattro fuel tanks?

yep. all these engines:
AFB / AKN / AKE /AYM

VIN
until: 8E92A 125234
until: 4D22N 003699
until: 4B22N 046559

suffer from this:

[Henkjan]

found some more detailed info:

these are with the wrong cams:

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V6TDI mit Gleitschlepphebel und gegossenen Nockenwellen (SLEPERS)========================================= ==============
AFB 150PS:
11/97-06/00 Audi A4
04/97-05/00 Audi A6
06/97-06/00 Audi A8
08/98-08/00 Passat 3B

AKN 150PS:
07/98-09/01 Audi A4
10/98-05/01 Audi A6
11/97-09/02 Audi A8
05/99-05/03 Passat 3B/3BG

AKE 180PS:
12/00-05/03 Audi A4
11/99-08/03 Audi A6
11/99-09/02 Audi A8

AYM 155PS:
12/00-06/02 Audi A4
06/01-06/02 Audi A6

BFC 163PS:
07/02-05/03 Audi A4
07/02-08/03 Audi A6

and these are OK:

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V6TDI mit Rollenschlepphebel und gebauten Nockenwellen
durch IHU(=Innen Hochdruck Umformung) (ROLLERS)
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BDG 163PS:
06/03-05/06 Audi A4
02/03-01/05 Audi A6
05/03-05/05 Passat 3BG

BDH 179PS:
06/03-12/04 Audi A4
02/03-01/05 Audi A6
01/03-05/05 Passat 3BG

BAU 179PS:
06/03-12/04 Audi A4
02/03-08/05 Audi A6
01/03-05/05 Passat 3BG

I had an AKE, which I sold witk 240000km on it without signs of problems, but plenty reports of people having to replace the cams at 150000km

[dragonlfc]

Lot of high miles car in europe and uk 309k plus without a problem with cams
Its how its been looked after
But i think lot if experts blame it on long interval service and wrong oil used for servicing

[dm80]

Good info. Thanks