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05 reg galaxy and camshaft - taxijan
I am running a couple of 05 reg galaxys, big problems with one, intermittentl ack of power, thick plumes of smoke, juddering on steering at 50mph. Just passing 120K miles. (taxis).Have had new turbo, timing belt kit, ems, etc., etc., noticed the thing about cam shafts on golfs, is this engine the same. Its obvously VW. Whats this special oil they are talking about. Help please.
05 reg galaxy and camshaft - Quinny100
These engines have 4 separate unit injectors for each cylinder that are driven directly by the camshaft. This puts the shaft under a great deal more load and hence they need a special oil to compensate and the cambelt intervals are quite short.

Have a look in the Car by Car Breakdown link on the left - plenty of info in there about Galaxy TDi's.