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scrilla wrote:My B3 GL VR6 has the twin airbags too.

One down any others

Got a picture of said airbag scrilla?? be interested to see how it fits...

Afn is the way to go got one in my Alhambra with a few mods it will be VR6 quick in your passat.... mine spins the wheels and its almost half a ton heavier and thats standard 110bhp. Think it will bolt up to your gearbox but may struggle with the torque. Probs easier to buy engine/ gearbox or even a...

A wise man once said dont build what you can buy.....

Mine.....

Yep been reading up on these ere diesels (this is my first) Following the run home and a little high rev thrash the smoke issue is sorted it seems. Still gonna do the usual service, cambelt etc. and while im at it i might whip the inlet side off and give it a clean..... I want this to last so 5,000 ...

done vagcom only code was 00575 n75 valve would that cause it ?? it doesnt seem down on power......
off searching

Sooooooooooo been looking for a parts chaser/ tow vehicle/ oil burner for a while now and after a couple of idiot ebay traders pretending to be private sellers i finally found what i was looking for, well nearly, Its a '98 Alhambra TD red eye so 110 bhp connected to a manual box. 130,000 on the cloc...

Ooh go on spill the beans Chris..... Matt Getting more than a little fed up, twice i have tried to buy a car on ebay and both times its been a small time dealer pretending to be a private seller grrrrrrrrrrrr if i wanted to buy a car at an auction i would, i wont pay some numpty extra for the privi...

Often the abs blocks the vcds because its been replaced with a different coded unit or is faulty itself.

lisaB4 wrote: other options that were not available on a B3.

Like to name those??

New laptop, new big telly and i nearly bought a car but the stoopid ebay seller was a liar so no car

IIRC there are 2 types one is intergrated into the loom and the other is an add on. You can remove the add on one with no worries but the other is a right pita to remove. The only way to know which is which is to take it to VW to find out.

Check the windscreen as someone had a couple of small pinholes in the windscreen seal and it filled up the car with water.

Wd 40 is your friend spray it on the door seals and in the keyhole and on the doorhandle mech. whilst holding it in the open position problem solved.

" Some high specification estate cars are fitted with a selflevelling suspension system and this would be considered as adequate for the purpose. It is also worthy of note that a few high performance vehicles fitted with HID headlamps that have barely any luggage space and stiff suspension do ...

no, if you fits hids, you need washers and self levellers. For the second time show me the part in the mot manual that says this ....... as far as i can see all it says is that if washers and self-levelling is fitted it has to work...... I am not saying you are wrong i just want to see it written d...

So to summarise hids are technically illegal if fitted into existing headlights but will pass an mot without either washers or self-levelling.

Ha had this on an old fiesta many moons ago, first i knew about it was a complete lack of brakes as the heat from the brakes had boiled all the fluid away.....

sisson wrote:As of Jan 2012 hids will if not factory fit

Really?? Would you like to point me to the part of the MOT that says this as i have read through the 2012 manual and cant see it anywhere.

Just a re-style from the glass down, B4's had an extra airbag or two and later diesels were tdi thats about it really. The B4's tend to rust more from what i have seen but i am not sure why. Choice is down to which look you prefer as they are so similar.

No but very nearly went to see it, just had a bad feeling about it having spoken to the guy, seems i was right..... At a guess its a fueling issue as the ecu would go into limp mode otherwise i think.

I have the VR6 auto

Is this the one that was for sale in Farnham Surrey??

Where does it say that HID's have to be fitted with self-leveling and washers? All i can see is that if they are fitted they must work.

Dont take it to a dealer they will charge an arm and probably a leg too, find someone local with vagcom who can do it for you... either give a shout on here saying where you are or go to the vagcom map here... http://vagcomlist.cardiganwebhosting.co.uk/ Alternativly if you are ok with setting up sof...