madspark

how do you service the tappets

can anyone advise one of my mates is going to do the tappets on my sharan vr6 so to help i bought a book on the vr6 enginr (a peter russek manual) its quite informitive. the only problem ia that it looks like the cams dont have to be removed to change the tappets is this the case or will he have to remove the cams to do this. also where is the best place to buy them ie any good websites cheers for any info. by the way i will be looking to change my sharan in the next few months but i plan on sticking with the vr6 as i am looking for a 24v fourmotion sharan or galaxy they are cheaper than the d

hiya i own a 99 sharan vr6 s with 59000 mls i know hardly ran in i have a problem with it i put it in to a local specialist in fife when i missedv 5th gear and hit 3rd (totaly ~#,;{] ) chain tensioners got them done but also got the followers done after 1 week 1 folower went faulty local speciaist refused to rectify as hi his oppinion oil feed problem ( when cold perfect when hot ticks) the wife has agreed to let me spend money to get fixed who in central scotland could do the cams and followers at reasonale cost but more importantly not screw it up (maybe highlift type cams but dont tell the