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Some people may know this, but some people may not. Just read an article related to the EGR valve. The reason it was interesting to me was the fact that I have blanked mine off and although I have read that this is ok to do, it could possibly cause a lot of damage to the turbo. When the gasses are b...

Hi Tony sometimes if you phone the main VW dealer and give them your reg they can tell you whether your car has had recall work done, or needs it. They may be able to tell you what this recall is also. I have done this is the past with some of my cars.

Cheers Mark

Hi Andy as desert storm suggested it may be the MAF which are a common problem. Just incase you didn't know don't by a copy if you have to replace it as they are useless i've tried one. My VW dealer discounted a new from them when I gave them the one from my car. I think it cost me around £70. A co...

Sorry bud that wasn't me as mine is a saloon, there is some mention of a blue estate with white wheels in the SPOTTED section.

Cheers Mark

Cheers for the advice, this must be the ecu that I have on my passat cos it's nearly 8 years old and I have not expierenced the engine management light coming on. This has given me food for thought, as I don't fancy having to keep cleaning the egr and manifold. Spoke to a bloke today at a garage whi...

My wife has a 2005 1.9 tdi 130, I have removed and cleaned the EGR and inlet manifold. I blanked of the exhaust return pipe, as I have done with my own passat. The problem is because it is a newer model than mine it is registering a fault and the engine managment light is on. I have searched the for...

Hi Andy I had what seems like a similiar problem with my 1.9 tdi. Don't know if this helps but give it a try. Remove the pipe coming out the top of the egr valve and put a small screw in the end of the pipe. This immediately stopped the problem I had, and leads me to believe I have a problem with a ...

Which colour blue is your car pete cos mine is indigo blue, and I used halfrauds paint just to spray my rear vw badge, but didn't find it was particularly good match. The last thing you want to do is knacker up your wheels :( . I would go the the dealers like one of the other guys suggested. Hope th...

Here you go mate, here's a couple of pics hope they help.





Cheers Mark

Haven't posted for some time, but thought the new edition to the family needed an introduction. My wife has always loved my sat, and as we have our second child on the way space in her Mercedes A Class was a bit tight, and also the car was a bit dodgy and lots of things started going wrong :( . So a...

We have just bought my wife a Passat estate, it is a 1.9 tdi 130pd on an 05 plate. Everything about the car is great, but I have one slight query that I could do with some help. Whilst the car is stationary selecting first or reverse gear is quite difficult, unlike my sat which has no problem in sel...

I was on my way to pick my daughter up from nursery today, when all of a sudden a huge bang :shock: came from the engine and I lost all the boost. The car was still moving but with a loud noise everytime I accelerated. My heart had skipped a beat and I had no idea what had happened. When I popped th...

Wow ur egr valve was well gunged up, I thought mine was bad. Im gonna give ur diesel cleaning idea a go as mine was no where as clean as that when I had finished. Did you attempt at cleaning the ports out, I was worried about letting lumps of gunk fall down inside the engine. Glad to hear you maybe ...

That interior is excellent, bet you were well chuffed you saved yourself nearly a grand. Was it a nightmare to get that dash out cos it looks like it could be, I could do with stripping mine out cos i've got a funny knocking noise behind it. I like the custom handbrake and gear lever. Well done bud ...

gor131-x wrote:the screws holding the bottom of the egr valve,are they torx or just normal ones?

The screws holding the egr in place where hex screws, and I don't know why but I didn't mention the 6 holding my manifold in place where hex ones also.

If you have access to a pressure washer id soak it in diesel and give it a blast. Whats this allard egr pipe? Does it blank it off? Yes the blanking pipe completely replaces the egr valve and where the exhaust gases return back to the egr that is blanked off aswell, no more gunge collecting in the ...

If you take your old MAF sensor to a VW garage they will reduce the price of a new one. I bought one recently from my local garage it cost about £70.00, without exchanging they quoted me some stupid figure of around £200, Just incase you didn't know.

Hope you get it sorted.

Mark

I took my manifold off today to see how badly it was gunked up after seeing a thread on the forum showing a picture of how bad it can get. Mine was pretty bad :( , so I gave it a blast with some carb cleaner and scraped out as much gunge as I could. The problem was I couldn't get to all of the bends...

Has anybody used spring clamps you can buy to aid in the lowering of your car. I have had my car lowered but not on coilies so I have no adjustment. The rear end is sitting a little higher than the front and wondered whether these would be any good. I have read some information that says don't use t...

I have a theory... truly good looking cars don't need photos taken from low down. If you need to flatter a car, bend down, or even get the camera on the floor. I don't mean to pick you out if you're a very short person, but all your photos seem to be taken from waist height and below? Are you not p...

Hi bud

I must say your car looks like a bit of a beast. I do like the overall look and think the mods on the car work really well.

Nice psat.

Mark

Hi bud really sorry to hear about you not feelin to good. Just keep your chin up, tackle one day at a time and i'm sure your be on the road to recovery soon. After hearing some of the comments with regards to the drugs, i'm sure you will but take care with them they sound a bit on the nasty side. Ta...

I must say I agree with Dubber36 I do prefer the ones you currently have on. Chunky wheels suit the passat well in my opinion.

Hope this helps.

Lookin good, I do think the rub strips coded make a big difference to the appearance on these sat's. When you fitting the side skirts, it will look superb when there on. Can I just ask when you are doing your spraying in the garden do you find that you get small amounts of dust land on the laquer. I...

plus I'm paranoid enough as it is, I park about a foot away from the kerb! Nice lookin motor bud I really do like those wheels they look smart. I'm glad to here that it's not just me who parks far away from the kerb, problem is my wife is always telling me off saying I can't park, there are just so...