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Anyone please this is kinda urgent as parts delivery in France takes about two weeks!

Also I need to order a new 4 pin coolant temperature sender (the one which goes in the coolant flange and is held in place by a plastic horseshoe clip). The current one is leaking since I replaced the plastic flange as I suspect the old O ring isn't sealing properly! Anyone got the correct OE part n...

Hello folks, me again! So I have discovered that the crankcase breather hose that goes from the side of the engine on my 1.9tdi AFN Passat has broken and has been leaking oil. It is the plastic flange that bolts to the side of the engine which has completely cracked in half. Managed to remove it and...

As above....... However, if you find that the O ring is fitted correctly, it may very well be just the case that you need to fit a new O ring so it can bed in to the new flange, (the old one may have bedded into the old flange but as a result is not sealing in the new one as it should). When the se...

Hi folks 1.9tdi AFN. I had to change the plastic coolant flange that bolts to the side of the head as it was leaking around the join between the flange and the head. I swapped over the temperature sender from the old flange as well as the rubber washer, but the plastic push in clip broke!! I managed...

Cheers Maclee for the info.

I hope you can find a way to get it done. My B5.5 tdi is on 299k And it had it's third cambelt a year or two ago. I think all in it cost around £400 inc water pump etc etc. I just felt the old girl deserved a new belt, and as I do travel a bit around the UK we wanted to feel confident about the bel...

Hello folks. The rear wiper motor has literally burned out on our 1999 Passat Wagon and filled the car with a horrible acrid smell! I have disconnected it for now. We are in France but my brother is visiting from the UK next week. Do I need a specificic RHD one. I seem to recall I replaced the origi...

If you have basic tools and spannering skills you could do it yourself with some guidance. I can send you the proper factory instructions and advise on any tools you need etc. They are available for not too much cost. Would save you probably €500 or so, it’s not that involved a job. You will need V...

Hello all. We have a RHD Passat Wagon 110BHP 1.9tdi. It's overdue a timing belt change but we live in a very rural part of France with few garages. Limoges our nearest city is about 60km away. There is a decent Bosch diesel specialist garage there but they want around €750 for the job. What should w...

Very helpful reply Maclee. I offered the caliper up to the left rear side as well and it won't fit either. definately the wrong part. I must return to Autodoc ad they have sent me details of the correct part which does look identical to the one fitted on the car. After cleaning up the original calip...

As we live in France I normally order parts from Autodoc France. Had a problem recently which was pointed out at the French equivalent of the MOT. Basically the drivers side rear caliper was sticking or the sliders seized as the pads on that side were wearing down much quicker than on the other side...

Hi MacLee Thank you for your detailed reply. The air con compressor failed ages ago on our car and living in rural France we couldn't afford a replacement and the work required. I simply removed the belt that drives the compressor. The fan comes on at really random times. Came on today when key was ...

Hi Mini Mental Thanks for the advice The gauge on the clocks is bang in the centre where it always is, so don't think it is running hot unless the gauge is faulty too, but could check using the Climatronic. Seems to be running fine. May be just change the fan switch..is it easy? Do I need to drain t...

Hello all. I have noticed the last few day that the cooling fan has been coming on even in cooler weather and for short trips? It doesn't stay on for too long, normally about thirty seconds after engine is stopped. Not noticed it before except in very hot weather? Any ideas to what could be causing ...

Cheers MacLee for the information.

The rubber/plastic trim which runs down the side of the windscreen on our 1999 Passat estates is breaking up and disintegrating?

It looks like it is bonded to a metal strip below?

I am guessing there is no way to replace it?

It's probably sun damage/age related.

Any thoughts?

Good news. Managed to find a guy on Ebay UK selling repair kits! Got one ordered and on it's way to France!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115147628150

I cannot visualise precisely what you mean as I do not have such a car, but it sounds as if it is 'just' a case of the locating lugs having broken from within the end caps. If that is so, could you perhaps drill through the end caps at the location of the lugs, and then use self-tapping screws or t...

Another bump!! Anyone got spare load cover end caps they could post to me in rural France? Pretty please!! B5 Passat Wagon.

Just bumping this. Does anyone have a spare load cover for a Passat B5 estate? Can you remove the two end caps and send them to france for me. I will cover all costs and what you want for the end caps?

Okay sorted now thanks folks for all your advice. After days of failed attempts to start it on on a rainy and cold driveway, I got my wife to tow me in it using our trusty T4 Transporter. Only towed me about 200 metres up the road, let off the clutch and it fired instantly!! :esm :esm :esm Drove it ...

Try tow starting it. Put it in second or third and let it turn over for a 500m or more. Okay I am going to try this. Is there any chance of damaging the diesel pump if there is not fuel in it? Also it is not like jump starting where you release the clutch when the car is moving. I just tow it with ...

Hi Mini mental So the part on top of the fuel tank accessible from the under the load area is just the fuel gauge sender then? I have just looked in the Haynes manual and you are spot on. So basically the diesel injection pump sucks the fuel from the tank through the diesel filter? When the guy who ...

Update: Okay so I cannot see any chewed wires? I had a friend pop over who is quite mechanically minded and into diesel vehicles. He sprayed some easy start into the inlet and the car did fire and splutter and then stop. He reckons it is a fuelling problem. He undid one of the injector nuts and got ...