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------------------------- other than that it's been tyres, brakes and oil and filter changes every 9-10k. Thanks for the heads up. The brakes on this one has already gone 10k miles and they actually still look rather decent, will hold off on it I think. Will try and see when the filter was done las...

Mines a 2010 but the 140 version and is currently on 117k, I bought it just over 3 years ago on 58k, issues to date, two different Exhaust Gas temperature sensors, both of these were around the 75-85k mark, rear lower suspension arm inner bushes worn resulting in scrubbed inner edges of the rear tyr...

Did them yesterday, 3 of the 4 nuts came off fine, only had one where the splines rounded off so that was removed with a grinder, Meyle HD replacements come with a 16mm flat on the back of them to stop them from spinning which is a much better idea. Nice to have a quiet ride again.

Cheers guys, a job for Friday after I've had the nearly new rear tyre replaced thanks to a screw in the edge of the tyre and put a new back box on the daughters 107. Have a screw in my new rears :(( TRW are very good and seem to be thicker than the cheaper versions. Fit quality and they should last...

Cheers guys, a job for Friday after I've had the nearly new rear tyre replaced thanks to a screw in the edge of the tyre and put a new back box on the daughters 107.

Will be doing mine imminently as the nsf is starting to knock, any tips or things to look out for or is it a straightforward job, guess the best bet are the Febi/Bilstein or Lemforder parts or is the TRW stuff ok?

Shane

Really need the codes from a diagnostic tool, ideally a VAG specific one like VAGCOM or one of the higher end service tools a lot of garages have, a cheap generic one should steer you in the right direction though. To determine if it's the actuator diaphragm you can pull the pipe off the Boost Contr...

I've got a Parrot hands free in my B6, takes up to a minute to auto connect but if I connect manually via my phone it's immediate, that's with 3 different Samsungs.

Worth checking the rear lower arm bushes dont look like this:



Should sit nice and square in the sub frame like this:

Have a look at my thread here, is it the same kind of wear?

viewtopic.php?t=92228

New bushes (fitted myself) and a 4 wheel alignment (£65 at a local independant) and all is good now.

Just take one of your normal wheels off and see if it fits in the wheel well, could be an expensive door stop if it doesn't fit.

Mines been struggling as well recently, sometimes sits at about 80-85 where it's usually spot on at 90 all the time

I'd go aygo, 107 or c1 thing, cheap to run tax and insure. Bit flimsy compared to vw/audi but don't really go wrong! £20 tax and 45+ mpg is a winner for me Agree, got a 1 owner, full history, 2009 107 with 72k on it for my daughter, they're all the same car, Toyota 1 litre 3 cylinder engine and cha...

As above, mine was the alarm siren, as soon as you locked the door by key or remote the alarm went off, I just removed the siren bit, seemed to fix the problem, I think the siren unit has a rechargeable battery in it, it could be related to the battery beginning to fail. Does seem strange that yours...

Christ, if I don't know about it by now with you going on about it in every other post when you're not talking about oils or the colour temperature of bulbs I'll never know.

With reference to the oil pump, early B6 engines had a design flaw where the hex key that drives the oil pump would round off, the only sure fire way of fixing that is with a re engineered balance shaft assembly from the likes of KMB, it's rare for them to get to your kind of mileage without failin...

Hi, where abouts down south are you, I'm aware of one place in Sussex that rebuilds turbos, it's called Turbo Works near Eastbourne. Is it that the variable veins aren't moving due to a failed actuator, I know on the later CBAB engines the actuator is replaceable separately from the turbo. With refe...

Not sure about Oz but plenty of second hand vents available on eBay in the UK, my centre ones are broken as well, I put it down to people trying to adjust the vents with clip on phone holders fitted.

How did you move it in the end? If the caliper is stuck on it usually requires the motor removing from the caliper.

I'm assuming you don't just mean it wouldn't release automatically and you had to push the button?

Any number of things, a quick search will give you plenty of options, here's a few to start with: http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=76737 http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=93789 http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=93159 http://www.uk...

Probably just a sensor, I've changed 2 of the 3 now, the pre DPF and the post DPF, £130ish each unfortunately, link to my thread:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=90001&p=739643#p739643

Shane

Just wondering what's involved in removing the ignition switch on a 2010 Passat, mine has developed an annoying rattle that goes away if you press on the switch surround. Is it straight forward and is there anything to be careful of when removing it?

Cheers

Shane

Just a quick tip, when undoing the oil filter housing with a strap or chain wrench, watch the dipstick tube, if you catch it they can snap as they go a bit brittle with age, it's not difficult to change, just an inconvenience as you can't finish the job till you've got a new one.

Works on hydraulic pressure rather than the hand brake.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/ ... /auto-hold

Auto hold doesn't use the hand brake motors so it's not those,

Vagcom or another good scan tool should give you some pointers