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straight forward job,takes about ten mins.the glow plugs cost me £39 from local motor factors but they are genuine Bosch parts and not the chinese rubbish on ebay. pop the bonnet,remove the engine cover if fitted. locate the glow plug leads,they are just under the injectors on top of the engine on ...

nice one.something to do one of the days then when its not as cold

thanks Karl.very informative as usual.

Mark.

Thanks for that Karl.ive searched on forum before i posted and got some pretty useful info from here. I suppose a decat pipe is a better option in some ways as atleast then i could always revert back to standard cat if i ever wanted to.but moneys a lil tight right now and i know most folk just smash...

passenger side on my B5 was also tricky,ended up removing the air box pipe work and bending my arm in a way i never want to bend it again to get the sidelight bulb changed.

was easy really looking back.just keep going at it.you will get it out.

thinking about taking my cat of and gutting it DIY style at home. before i do,i have a couple of questions. How much am i expected to get in cash for the metal powder i can salvage from breaking up the cats insides? not expecting much in performance but will there be any gains? the car is completely...

my passenger door sticks every now and again.cant be opened from inside or out. to get it working i have to push the door slightly on the black door pillar near the window from the outside,i can hear a very faint click when i do this.then it works as normal until next time it wants to jam. worth a t...

i personally like the smoother and less clutter look so id say do it

are rear calipers working properly? common for them to seize on Passats

received the replacement grill today

deep scratches all over the front of it

time to ask for a refund and go elsewhere

Im also interested in this thread.....

hwang2000 wrote:

penri wrote:

luvmydubs wrote:Metro turbos were cool too. Rubbish, but cool

not mine fella!

The Metro turbo must be the only car in the world that when you took the turbo off...... it went faster

97 B5 1.9 TDI (110) (AFN) just approaching 138k

pulls well and still looks good for age

some people may think this is sad,others will say its just abit of fun and others will say its a standard requirement......... to give your pride and joy a pet name! mines called Angelika (spelt the german way lol) and i decided to call her this because shes angelic and cute and looks dainty on her ...

dont see why not mate.my mate took his battery of his vectra and put it on his pug 106 other day just to tide him over.

just make sure you know the radio code and stuff for the car your taking the battery off.

I will never leave my kids in the car unattended I have learnt from this from when I was younger, my granddad needed to get some stuff from homebase and left me and my brother in the car, after a couple of minutes went by I think my brother must of got board and released the handbrake, the car star...

You swapped a X plater Passat for a Rav4 :shock: :0 I thought I was bad :D I know what you mean with the Rover 75 1.8's, been offered a fair few of those and always knocked them back, only one i'd have would be the BM Diesel ones yep, a x reg passat for a n reg Rav4! crazy i know! what was i thinki...

i change my cars quicker than i change my under crackers so ive been stung a few times too worst car??? ive had a few!!! Rover 75 1.8 petrol,nothing but grief! problems with headgasket and clutch (but it got me to Skegness and back lol) Toyota rav4,swapped a x reg Passat for it!!! it had no MOT. but...

hahahaha lol

on a positive note volkbits are sending me a replacement front grill without me needing to send proof that this one is broke.

right ive now owned my B5 for around 2 weeks, i new it had a few problems when i got it but since having it ive found more problems out lol. should keep me busy anyway haha List of things to fix on car: replace both front wings due to dents/creases/rust replace/repair front bumper due to dent replac...

Removed front seat and lifted carpets today heh guess what I found http://www.cloverleaf4.co.uk/images/uploads/21886.jpg http://www.cloverleaf4.co.uk/images/uploads/21887.jpg Not sure what the box of electrics in the drivers footwell are but they were half submerged in water. could take a bath in t...

my 1.8 petrol did this last year.cost £100 all in for a new front pipe fitted.and yeah,it will affect performance and fuel consumption (in a negative way)

Mark

hwang2000 wrote:years ago my mate asked his wife to pick up a head gaskit from the Ford dealer. It was too big for her bag, so she folded it in half to get it in

15 inch steels with 195/65 tyres

well its funny you should say that,i took the rear light units out other day to check the brake bulbs (plus it had a brake bulb rolling around in the light unit from previous owner) upon inspecting the brake light bulbs on the rear left light unit i noticed that the bottom right bulb which is a brak...

yep all indicators including side ones are working.does the faint flashing rear fog light warning light on the dash mean anything when this happens? never had this happen before so im abit baffled as to what it could be? and yes it happens on both left and right signals. the relay may be faulty anyw...