UKPassats

191k B5.5 1.9Tdi

300k 1998 T4 1.9TD

Thanks all. The original garage supplied all parts, so it sounds like I'm in a stronger position tomorrow. Fingers crossed tomorrow. £500 estimate for new cambelt kit and pump wasn't from a main dealer, just the local independent up the road from where I live. Didn't want to drive much further with...

Hi, I had a cambelt kit and water pump fitted (to my b5.5 tdi 130) just under 12 months ago at a local independent. The water pump developed a major coolant leak a couple of days ago - still within warranty period. I got the passat to a local garage - originally thinking it was a holed radiator... a...

Anyone else like Fat Freddy's Drop?

Turned out to be an air leak in a fuel line... When I park pointing downhill it starts fine. If I park uphill the fuel recedes in the lines and it takes the pump a while to recharge It. Iv been so busy at the moment iv not had chance to replace the line, just been parking with the nose facing downhi...

Right, temp sensor on order. Battery and alt checked over and no problems there. Will have a look at the flywheel and cabling also. Thanks guys!

Hi all, I'm new to Passats after swapping my 1.9td Mk1 Caddy for a 2001 tdi wagon a couple of weeks ago. So far im loving it, even after the fun of tracing a leak in one of the turbo hoses causing me to drop into limp mode. Managed to fix that all by myself. Now iv developed a strange cold starting ...

1.1 Rover 25 - shame on me. It had the honda built engine which refused to die, but it was amazingly under powered, bloody scary on the motorway. It had horrible grey elephant skin plastic interior. A brand new volvo s80 smashed into my front wing on a roundabout and wrote it off. After the accident...