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I have the same car by the way

bigginge wrote:this is where im in the dark i have a b5.5 130 bhp tdi tip auto is there any risk gearbox wise if i remap it??

Im still thinking the same been a year and still havent had it done but there was talk its worth having the gearbox oil changed before you do but not 100% im no expert

Ha got there in the end lol

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Hi guys right getting my car serviced today but just wondering if i have missed anything im going to put a link on from a post i made on the passatworld forum if you could have a read and add any info for me that would be great cheers :-)[urlhttp://www.passatworld.com/forums/42-volkswagen-passat-b5-...

I got a roll of maybe 30 inches of that seal that vw uses for free from my dealer so i took the foam out and ran this round in the gap its like a 10 mm round seal stuff fitted in the gap lovely pushed it down over the lip and bolted back down was a lovely job not more leaks

It could be the pipe coming from the washer bottle when mine wasnt working looked under the car and it had water everywhere so there was a little joinner coming from the bottom of the washer bottle that had come off and split so had to take the covers off down the right hand side and could see if pi...

For about 3 weeks now been keeping and eye im getting about 100 miles to £20 ish and about 160 to £30 on average My trip says about 36mpg average over about 800 miles on the number 2 trip but on the number 1 trip it can be anything up to 30mpg to 43mpg ish depending on where i go This is a highlin...

Follow this document it's on an American car so other side but it shows you where the blanking plug is in the scuttle that you remove to get at the bolt on the back. http://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng4.shtml They are 8mm so use an 8mm nut driver or a 1/4 inch 8mm socket will fit. Also check the rubb...

fingerman wrote:I did a quick drive into Manchester today and back - around 20 miles round trip, wasn't exactly taking it easy and it averaged over 40mpg.

On a run I'm getting close 60mpg so I'm quite happy after a full tank

I take it yours is manual then lol ?

I done the pollen filter a few weeks ago and from what i could see from doing that you will need to take off the wipers and scuttle panel i did open up the ecu box and there a screw at the back and you can get to it without the scuttle off i just wanted to have a look in there i had no leak that sid...

I would say pretty much the same as above the bulb is hanging down in the whole maybe not clipped in right
so the bulbs is pointing at the bottom of the lens because of the shape of the lens i would say it needs to be pointing right in the center of the lens for it to spread the light right

Hi alittle confused which bulbs do i need for the rear interior bulbs on my B5.5....what bulb number,i only want standard ones not led. It is called a heater wedge type bulb 5mm if i remember right i had a pain trying to find them aswell when i changed all my bulbs in the car to led a few weeks ago...

stevegtx wrote:I got the seal vw recomend for the recall b5.5

Same here and seems to have worked for me i done 2weeks ago and after all this rain no water so the rain has been a good test

If you disconnect anything to do with the airbags the light will need to be reset i disconnected my interiour light and unpluged the little airbag light up there i turned the ignition on and had to have the light turned off i got a vag.com lead and done it that way and good job i did cause i had to ...

It will be your pollen filter leaking its a common fault on the passanger side ! i have just got mine 1 month ago and had to do it aswell there is loads of post about it on here http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4066 This is about the plenum drains Also here is a letter about...

i thought it was if you had headlights on ignition off and then get out the car or even parking lights indicatior on with ignition off

But thats got me thinking im going to go have a look now lol connect vag.com lol

It will be your pollen filter leaking its a common fault on the passanger side ! i have just got mine 1 month ago and had to do it aswell there is loads of post about it on here http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4066 This is about the plenum drains Also here is a letter about ...

http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4066 Here is the bit about the 2 clogged holes under the battery and also http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9412 and this is about the pollen filter but the same poor design is on the ecu box and then under that you hav...

Just go with 6000k hid you wont go back to normal bulbs once you have them and if you get normall bulbs they will be £15 £20 each so might aswell get a Hid kit i got mine from ebay £40 and they are brill had Hid on my last 2 cars as sandard so had to put Hids in the Passat

Try a scrap yard i got a interior light from one they had loads of vw in there and charged me £2 bargin