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Hi LauMorgs,

Simon at CCC-Tech remapped mine.. Think it cost around £250 - £300, but that was a good year or more ago.

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I have some progress on this.. Firstly, thanks karl for the info on the possible tandem pump issue. This was duely checked and all was found to be in order. There is also plenty of clearance between the fuel line and the charge air pipe, so this should cause an issue in the future. As this drew a bl...

Also,the removal of the ignition barrel is really very easy, and force is not required.

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Hey Andymac, Sounds like the reader coil on the ignition barrel is playing up. Vw do sell the barrel seperately, so you wont need to order an entire lock set. They will also use your chasis number to cut the barrel and new key so they should all match. Ive had a similar problem with mine and have be...

klitoni wrote:Maybe is a "unique" symptom of a failed Injector loom ?

Injector loom was replaced less than 1000 miles ago too

Thanks for the suggestion mini_dub and phil1973. Im advised that it has not been misfueled, currently sitting with half a tank, and has not been topped up since full. Id expect the car to barely make it off the forecourt if that would have been the case. And it would be a much easier fix! :(( The fu...

Hi Karl, Thanks for coming in on this.. I believe the engine is cranking fast enough, it has never altered. Only when the battery has run flat as a result of constant cranking! This happened a couple of times so a new Bosch one was purchased, pushing out 80AH. The fuel pump primes for around 3 secon...

Hi guys, As predicted, Im back! although regretably not with another Passat! ;) You may have read that I was forwarding my Passat onto my brother in law, this has since happened but he has encountered a couple of issues and I was wondering if we could club together and help him out? Here's the deal....

Haha, yeah, that's me

Luckily, my sister is having the Passat so it'll still be in the family. It's been good to me and I'd hate to let it go elsewhere. See you on the other side ;)

Cheers fella. It's a 2004 E61. First thing it's getting is the EGR and main temp gauge replaced, swirl flaps done, panoramic roof serviced and all fluids changed. It's got a 1yr warranty with too though, just in case ;)

desertstorm wrote:Good luck with that, hope you don't suffer any DPF issues and the auto box hangs together.

Karl.

Me too!!

Dingle wrote:

little_geoff wrote:nah.. He'll be back...bye for now.

Is he joining the Judeans people's front ?

People's front of Judea actually

I may well be back, we'll have to see how the BMW behaves....

So, after 17 months and almost 40k miles of ownership, I've decided to go for a different car. The Passat has been an awesome tool for me and I've really enjoyed ownership. I still really like the styling of the B5.5 and I'm sure it has many years of life left in it. Unfortunately, it needs a new cl...

I've got alloys from an Audi A5 convertible on my wagon. I love the look of them, could just do with being lowered a bit. http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww331/staffordcox/Passat%20Stuff/0784db60.jpg http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww331/staffordcox/Passat%20Stuff/9e53684e.jpg http://i733.phot...

I've got MFD1 nav and W8 interior light (ambient light one) in my 02 PD100 estate. All the buts to wire them in have come from Kufatec. I've also got alloys from an Audi A5 convertible (sort of OEM I suppose).

Got my eye open heated leather, cruise control and rear spoiler too ;)

Nice one. Cheers for that. I was being lazy and using the iPad when I posted that, I'll get off my bum and do a proper search now I'm at my PC.

Thanks again ;)

Hi guys. Can anybody tell me how easy or hard it is to swap the carpet in my wagon? If its just a case of removing the seats and centre console, I'll probably give it a go. If I've got to fanny about get the dash out then I'll live with the hole in the drivers side carpet

Thanks guys, I'm still breathing a massive sign of relief from this morning

Top tip on cleaning the cooling system out. Put a cup of washing powder in. It it a very strong detergent that is non foaming, it will absorb all the residual diesel which otherwise could emulsify and form white mayonnaise which would look like a head gasket failure. Problem is, right now, we are d...

OK, I just took the fuel filter off, emptied it out and filled it with fresh diesel, emptied the coolant out of the rad and filled it with water (for now), put it all back together and it fired up!! Left it to warm up for a while (obviously it stalled a couple of times first of all) and then took it...

Thanks for your support guys, I'm gonna get this thing working if it kills me!!

crazy4alfa wrote:You car doesn't have diesel punp as such, injector is a pump, thats qhy it's called PD (pump duse)

That's interesting, every day's a school day ;)

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I'm going to have a go at it this weekend when I can dedicate some time to it.

Karl, that's a great post. I'll print it all out and let you all know the results when I'm done.

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I've never been great at car stuff, and this is probably why. In an attempt to fix the juddering on my Passat, I replaced the injector harness as suggested on here. Not a bad job at all, but while I was doing it I noticed the fuel filter was looking a bit scabby, which was surprising because it was ...

I removed fuse 15 and plugged it back in again and Bob's your Monkhouse!! It resets all your MPG and what have you but worked a treat for my oil light. Now I just have to get everything else sorted...