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Hi all, I've recharged the battery on Friday night, it was reading 13V with engine off and 14.4V with engine running. Did a 150 mile round trip yesterday but didn't set the alarm however today I tried it and it set OK initially but after half an hour off it went again, it now goes off straight away ...

I would say the battery has probably gone duff. If a cell has gone down then it will provide some current but not enough to start an engine.It shouldn't have gone flat doing what you were doing. The alarm will go off if the battery is disconnected and if the voltage is low it could still be the ...

Ste_Nova wrote:open passenger door, press lock button on drivers door, exit passenger door = car locked with alarm off

Cheers, done that and it's worked

Evening all, firstly apologies for not being on the forum for a while but I was made admin for my fishing clubs forum and jesus it takes up all your time big respect to Ant and the mods on here :ymapplause:

The other reason to be fair is my beloved Passat Estate hasn't missed a beat since January ...

Hi Everyone

My Mrs's black Passat 55 plate has been stolen from outside of our house on Sunday Morning :((

No one broken into the house or no broken glass on the drive, so its seems like its been lifted onto a truck.

We were out that evening & came late, so we have no idea what happened ...

I cannot see how K-seal will work, in your case, if water was getting into the oil then it would have a chance of working, plus you could get the sniff test done for not much more, then you'll know once and for all

I can confirm it didn't work for me, no water in oil but coolant loss when ...

Got it sorted at last, Map sensor all along, which is what you guy's said, and what I relayed to the mechanic on Wednesday , but he ignored that and focused on the N75's, and Maf then when they didn't work said he didn't know, so I was left 120 quid lighter and still driving round in limp mode ...

Rob.c wrote:How long do you think they have these cars for, cause every shot the weather is different

Probably a good few weeks I'd say and I rekon Ed's helper does all the time consuming tasks like rubbing the paintwork down for a respray......Ed's too much of TV star to do all the hard graft

Just to give you an idea ...I changed mine in Aug 2009 and its still working fine and I use my tailgate nearly every day so lasting ok ...I think the latch was £20ish

Yeah priced it at TPS today at just on £17 inc VAT but going to wait till MOT is done on Monday in case it's the least of my ...

What a peeps using to clean the headling and a b c post cover ect

I used a sprayable Stain Devil on my rear tailgate headlining trim last night with a scrubbing brush, quick rinse off with the hose and bunged it on a radiator whilst the missus wasn't looking :hyst came up a treat.

I've seen a ...

According to ETKA part number is 3b9 827 505 E which comes up with the following auction on E-bay. You can see the connection for the microswitch on the top left corner. You could prove the circuit by pulling the plug off and shorting the pins. This should put the boot light on.

http://www.ebay.co ...

crazy4alfa wrote:Check your intercooler pipes not blowing.

Changed top and bottom seals at the weekend but it could be the seal on the engine side of the top hose, I removed the entire top hose to replace the seal at the IC end, are there more seals in the IC top pipes?

MAF can cause this. mass air-flow sensor. its bolted to the airbox and has a large multi-plug on it

howey

Would that be the same for a 1.9TDi Howey? Noticed mine needs a bit more right foot recently to move it along before the turbo kicks in and mpg has dropped to 36 around town. Can the MAF be ...

Hi folks some of you have probably answered this question a hundred times, so i'll say sorry now, but tonight my 01 passat 130 sport had no power at all started fine, then got a bit of open road and nothing, it took an age to get up to 3000 revs and the turbo never seemed to kick in, got back took ...

Never miss it Ed china is the man!!! Wish I had all the gear he's got though just makes life easier than working in the street especially now it's gone cold and dark

torque777 wrote:My first car was a white 78 mk2 escort ...still have fond memories of it

Fond memories indeed, wish I still had the car it was unbelievably forgiving around loose stages driving it sideways of course

They cost about £16 from vw ...bought one for mine but decided to run without it in the end ...I now have a thin piece of rubber mat that I flip out over the load sill of bumper to protect it when loading stuff

Good call I don't think it was one of VW's best ideas, they'd have been better ...

Evening all. I have a 1.8t passat estate which has a protective sticker on the top of the rear bumper. Its all cracked up and would like to replace it. Has anyone done this? what did you use?

Thanks. Wayne.

:D

Me too :-o it's gone all wrinkled and discoloured, I have the same type of plastic ...

It is based on the trend of 'drift charms', found on lots of Japanese drift cars. I sported one on one of my other cars and posted a few pics on another forum, and then got a total slagging from one member for not being a drifter and not understanding the significants of what they are ...

Hello and welcome to UKP, shop around before you buy that's top money for a B5.5

hello and welcome to UKP

Wow man I'll have what you're smokin

torque777 wrote:yes that's right ...its not this that's causing your problem

Cheers I'll take a look tomorrow, at present still doing coolant flush, replaced sender, replaced thermostat and elbow and about to refill...........not a pleasant job in the dark/rain/wind out in the street......wish I had a garage

torque777 wrote:

Thanks vw ...new switch ..just got to fit it now ...you need three hands to do it lol

This is the tailgate switch you press in to open and not the latch that causing my interior boot light not to work right?

torque777 wrote:It's just the latch you see sticking out the bottom of the tailgate which holds the tailgate shut ...two bolts and its out ...I believe the swich is built into it

Cheers for that I'll take mine out and have a look first