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by mickspendley
Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:04 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Passat B8 fast tickover speed, 1000rpm
Replies: 1
Views: 1148

Re: Passat B8 fast tickover speed, 1000rpm

Solved. Well after much probing testing and monitoring i finally found what's causing the fast tick over. Using a USB charger in the 12v socket which has a built in volt meter, i deduced that it was constantly taking a 14.6v charge and only when i turned the air con / heater fan off did it drop to 1...
by mickspendley
Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:35 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Headlight adjustment for driving on right
Replies: 1
Views: 968

Re: Headlight adjustment for driving on right

Hi. Took my B8 over to Germany in December. There is a setting in the infotainment system to switch the headlights from driving on the left to driving on the right. In reality it was more of a lowering of the headlight beam generally than a switch of beam direction. It worked ok but i felt that in p...
by mickspendley
Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:45 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Passat B8 fast tickover speed, 1000rpm
Replies: 1
Views: 1148

Passat B8 fast tickover speed, 1000rpm

Hi. Bought a used 2018 business model, 2.0L tdi bluemotion tech in november 21. First month all was ok but then it started to tickover at 1000rpm plus. Has anyone else experienced this issue ? Based on various things i tried so far, including a vw diagnostics check that gave no error codes i have dr...