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Thanks for your advice. Do you know which kit is the correct one and where I can get one for a reasonable price? With that many engine codes its so Confusing.

German engi eering is great but they do like to make wear and tear parts the most difficult to change!

Hi Im after a bit.of advice for my dad ove raided Google and cant seem to find what after. My dad has a 2012 passat 2.0 tdi with the engine code cffb. He has done the timing belt but forgot to make note of the marks. He ordered the kit to do the job but has orderes the wrong one and he is stuck with...

I really like that skoda! Are they fairly new? My budget at the min is looking about 6000 Max My choices appear to be pretty limited! Mazda 5 looks OK ish bit biring though. Tempted to just go for the mitsubishi but im a bit concernes about the mpg. Wonder how it would compare to the likes of a galaxy

Thats impressive for something of that size! Wish I could buy new but got no chance at the minute

Ive been looking at the galaxy too but think its a bit big ill only need more than 5 seats for a short amount of time so dnt need the full size rear seats but thanks for the advice.

How is yours doing on fuel? What engine does it have?

Hello ukpassats My b5 is gradually falling to pieces and it think it may be nearing the time for her to go to the scrap man. My girlfriend is pregnant and when the sprog is here we will quite often need atleast 6 seats. I want something reasonably economical. So far my main options are the smax or a...

Thanks for the advice regarding the lock barrel I'll make sure I don't do that!

As for the wd40 I have read similar comments before. I have some duck oil somewhere I'll have to dig it out think u may have some chain lubricant somewhere also, sure that would do the trick

Thanks for the advice, I have tried this a few times with no success but thought I'd give it another go. Gave the lock barrel area a whack with my palm tried the handle, no joy. Tightened the cable in the handle slightly by moving the lug gave it another whack and hey presto! Door open! Atleast I do...

I get you now I thought you were referring to the outer door skin rather than the door card. I'll give it a go once uve ordered a new lock.

Cheers

OK cheers how do I go about getting to the bolts for the outer skin nearest the hinge if I can't open the door?

Are you referring to the outer door skin?

I was looking at that but how do I get atbthr bolts nearly St to the door hinge?

Are there any steps I need to take when unplugging the airbag connector under the seat?

No I was hoping it was that simple! I actually managed to get the lug out completely and pull it with pliers but no joy. I've tried setting it in various positions and this didn't work either

Yes it's the drivers door and nothing has been touched for good 6 months or so. The cable to the inner handle has definitely snapped, when this happened I started reaching out and using the outside handle. The next time I went to get in the outside handle made a bit of a click and did nothing at all...

Whilst that may be the more fun option it doesn't look the best when leaving work tomorrow! I've tried the coat hanger trick with no joy, the cable to the outside handle appears to be attached still but does nothing. I can see it moving the mechanism if I move the window glass slightly. Any ideas ho...

I agree but it's a nightmare getting out the passenger side every 5 mins!

But even when I do get home how the hell do I open the door to get the card off?!

Hi does anyone know how I can get the door open of my Passat. The inner cable has broken and so has the one to the outside handle so I can getbthe door card off. I managed to prize the door card off at the top and pull the broken cable with pliers but the door still wouldn't open. I've seen the vide...

I went for the pierburg maf a few months a go and so far so good! I got mine from a site called mister auto a lot cheaper than anywhere else. It was 54 pound with free delivery, the part number is 7.22684.08.0. They told me it didn't fit my vehicle but forum members confirmed it was correct. I wante...

Different vehicle but my old Mondeo used to hit limp mode on startup when I had sticking vanes, it had an electronic actuator and if I turned the ignition off and then turned it one click on I could hear the actuator trying to move, I had to push on the arm to free it off and I could then start her ...

It's funny you say that I did all my logs on the way to the shop when going to pickup bread or sumthin like that saves having to explain/convince them on why you need to do it! The day I cleaned the vanes I took half a day off work as my girlfriend was going for a scan so I had to mind the kids I ju...

Cheers mate, have you had it on vcds to see what's happening?

On a side note thinking of making an exhaust cut out valve, does anyone k ow of a car with a reasonably small electric throttle body?

Looking to pick one up second hand and butcher it

Apologies didn't realise anyone had replied I just edited my last post, after reading over what I said in the previous post I realised I was being stupid! Atmospheric pressure should be subtracted from both. The Mr muscle has resolved my issue, I couldn't rev above 3000 rpm in 3rd a few days ago hit...

Hi all
I've just give the turbo a Mr muscle clean and give the manifold and egr a quick clean.

Took it for a quick blast locally with the vagcom on and spec and actual are bang on other than an initial spike, Mr muscle saves the day again!

I agree with it being a temporary fix, my old Mondeo had sticking vanes and I ended up having to use Mr muscle every few months. I suppose if I give the Mr muscle a go and the symptoms seem to be resolved or improved it's a good indication that sticking vanes where my issue and I can strip it down a...

I hope it's just sticky got my Mr muscle left from when I done my Mondeo so soon as the weather is half decent I'll give it a blast and go from there