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Yeah there is no need to take that bolt out to do the CV although now it's out give it a very large coat of copper slip over the bolt then over the whole thing once it's back in to help stop it seizing in there again

Hi George,
your probably best whipping the wheels off and looking at all the abs sensor rings, if you got a code scanner it might give a clue as to which wheel it is causing it but my betting is they have caught one of the ABS rings on fitting or removal of the wheels and probably bent it slightly

Vibrations could be caused by many things infact there is a bush in the foot pedals that wears and causes this exact vibration if you have good bushes, this might settle down once the bushes settle in, other than that you or your partner might have left something switched on in the glovebox, under t...

With those symptoms my money is on the driveshaft CV joint, very common on the passat

Although from the pictures it doesn't look like it's delaminating but it's looking rather old and tired, when was it last done? If you don't know maybe best to change it anyway for peace of mind

KYB are standard fit on Alfa Romeo, Maserati etc and I have to say I was always impressed with them, never had them fail before 100k of standard driving

Looks a very similar unit to the A6 that I did and i changed them to LEDs it wasn't a huge amount brighter but you should never have an issue with them going again

Yes it can be done from underneath by just removing the undertray not lot of room but enough to be able to wiggle it out and refit the new one, quite often people unbolt them (without removing the pipes) to get better access to the starter motors

Thank you all for the replies! Completely agree with the repair - i've located a few breaking cars on eBay to see if I can grab a donor loom from that section and properly solder it in. Points also noted regarding the drainage holes etc, looks like there are a lot of awesome guides on here which I ...

the last letter is usually a superseded part so it should work fine, swapped a few with different letter in the past with no issues

Can't find many listed http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-PASSAT-SKODA-Audi-ECU-gearbox-3B0927156S-3B0-927-156-S-/162524932428?hash=item25d73da94c:g:hs8AAOSwTM5YvuaM or this it's an L not and S but should work ok http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Passat-Audi-A6-TRANSMISSION-CONTROL-UNIT-0260002624-3B0927156L-/...

Try one of the magic scratch pens they are great on small scratches like that http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T-CUT-SCRATCH ... XQ0v1RbVEX

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bobfish45 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 8:21 pm Thanks toonmania, sadly I might be tempted by a quickshift!!!

That's what I fitted when I was doing this, not a bad job to do at all and something I would do again as the gear change felt so much better afterwards

ok mine was a 5 speed but pretty similar to the 6 speed I believe it's fairly straight forward if you look at the top picture the is the black plastic cover around the gearstick this needs to be removed in the 2nd pic to the right of the mechanism you'll see a hex bolt and one above it (has a socket...

Maybe these pics are of some help, what do you mean by releasing the bottom of the stick? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170524/0ea594cd04145854c1a7dcb2b6d338d0.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170524/f2eedc19e2babea3754d1125e47e587d.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170524/608e7634f5...

Pretty sure the B5 and B5.5 mirrors are the same

Only reason I stay where I am,
if you want timing belt kits etc just ask, water pumps aren't easy but can get some though other suppliers although not great prices at the moment

Got any links? or do you mean like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-VW-PASSAT-A4-1-9-TDI-Alternator-Ribbed-Belt-Tensioner-ATJ-AVF-AVB-AWX-BGW-/171934271799?hash=item280814c937:g:ibgAAOSwdGFY2jx5 if so they are ok from what I've heard the weak spot is the bearing in the pulley which is unbranded ...

It does annoy me the cost from INA direct is only £22.80 so why do company's ask so much for them it doesn't make sense as the 1.8t aux tensioner costs from INA £28.33 and most places sell it for around £45 /£50

Got any links? or do you mean like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-VW-PASSAT-A4-1-9-TDI-Alternator-Ribbed-Belt-Tensioner-ATJ-AVF-AVB-AWX-BGW-/171934271799?hash=item280814c937:g:ibgAAOSwdGFY2jx5 if so they are ok from what I've heard the weak spot is the bearing in the pulley which is unbranded n...

Can't believe the amount of people that don't change that spigot bearing when doing a clutch change etc... for the sake of £5 or so, glad you've got yours sorted now

No need to measure the distances on these all you need to do is with the car on stands put a trolley jack under the hub and jack it up just until it starts lifting it off the stand this is then the curb weight of the car then tighten all your nuts/bolts etc and then you'll get it exact, by measuring...

Yes he's unusually just a very honest chap trying to make a living, doesn't overcharge and makes most of his money going around local garages topping up a/c he doesn't get involved in repairing issues but he will help you diagnose one as much as possible by putting dye in and using a sniffer to try ...

Abdul wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2017 6:55 pm Haha bless you however id already bought one and it's been fixed

No worries Some pics of the car would be good