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Assuming I have identified the correct part, item 4 in your diagram is not available as a replacement item, you have to buy the entire housing, item 18 in the attached image: scable.jpg Click the following link for the part numbers: pnr.jpg Both are listed on ebay at around £15, but please check the...

On that point if it’s if any help or interest to anyone, the pressure switch behind the headlight is on a one way valve and can be pulled without evacuating the system, and it’s an 18mm crows foot spanner required… also very awkward but relatively easy to do. That is worth knowing to anyone who nee...

Any tips on how to find the model or does the solenoid fit both models….? You previously quoted the compressor on your car as being marked with VW part number 5N0 820 803, and branded Sanden. The label on the compressor will identify the Sanden model number, (see example pic from a listing on ebay,...

The reason I asked about the temperature display is because the AC system needs to know the ambient temp and uses this info to that end. Were that display to have been wildly incorrect it could have been the cause of your problem, so if nothing else it is another item off the check list. The pressur...

The device in the compressor is not a switch, it is a solenoid-operated valve. To the best of my knowledge, failure of this component will not cause the electric cooling fan (radiator) to fail to energise. Again, to the best of my knowledge, the system pressure switch will disable the cooling fan (r...

There is some refrigerant in the system but not a full charge as that was the next step, but when the AC was selected it appeared the compressor (and the chap said the other (smaller) fan?) didn’t seem to engage. I wonder if this might be the cause of your problem. The AC system has a pressure swit...

In that case the pulley will be retained by a nut, not a bolt, and the pulley fault does not apply to your compressor. Am I right is assuming your system has been filled with refrigerant, (R134), but is still not producing cold air? If that is the case, and no other cause is obvious, you may well ha...

Thanks again maclee. Never knew any of this about the compressor and was told the Passat unit needed a pressurised system to operate, and if it didn’t have any pressure it would just spin and the clutch wouldn’t engage. As you will see from these, fairly generic photos, that is the case with the ea...

See reply to your other thread. Your car has a variable displacement compressor, which is permanently driven, - there is no (electro-magnetic) clutch on the pulley so nothing electrical that would actuate such a clutch, so nothing to trouble shoot. Variable displacement compressors can often be fixe...

No more leaks and I assume from what you said that the system held its vacuum, (confirming that there are no leaks). However, the compressor is not compressing (as I understand it). Can you see the label on the compressor? If you can, is it a Delphi compressor? Whether you can see the label or not, ...

EDIT. Moved down the thread to preserve sequence: If the above does not help, this is the last thing I can think of to try.... Make a note of any passcodes (radio etc), that will be lost when the car's battery is disconnected. Disconnect both terminals of the car's battery. Place a sheet of cardboa...

Bizarrely the key fob only locks and unlocks the driver’s door on the remote function. This may be because the battery had run flat/been disconnected. It sounds as if the car has returned to the 'anti car-jacking' setting. To confirm, press the unlock button of the key fob twice. The first will unl...

Long shot...

Is there a button inside the glove box, see photo, (from a LHD car). If fitted, it is there to disable the tailgate lock, (security feature).

If you have this button on your car, try pressing it to toggle between on & off and see if that makes any difference.

Check the position of the key slot in the tailgate, (horizontal or vertical).

Whichever way it is now, use the key to turn it to the other position, remove the key and see if it then works as before.

Parts diagram, front suspension:

Seat / Exeo/ST / (2009 - 2014)

Don't worry about having replaced the condenser, possibly 'unnecessarily', - they can eventually block and cause the compressor to fail, so at the age of a B6, a new condenser will not have been a bad move even if it was not leaking. As to the O rings. If you do not have a dealership to which access...

Please see reply to your other thread:

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O ring info, for you to choose which you want... acsys.png Item Nr on diagram ..... Part Nr ..... Size 27. 4E0260749B. 13.7x2.5 28. 3D0260749C. 9.5x2.5 45. 3D0260749C. 9.2x2.5 (same as item 28) 46. 4E0260749A. 11x2.5 47. 8E0260749. 10.8x1.82 49. 8E0260749C. 23.8x2.4 Strongly recommend genuine VW par...

Thanks for your kind comment, it is much appreciated. As you only needed a repair that would hang on long enough to get the car on to a transporter, I have no doubt at all that you will have succeeded. I think you will find that the guys who operate these collection lorries are well versed in having...

I think you are saying that you are having trouble unscrewing the (damaged) track rod from the steering rack, (see arrowed fitting in these photos) - end.png . rod end.jpg If that is the case, search ebay for: inner track rod removal tool There are many listed, from dirt cheap to professional use pr...

Springs for that age of Passat, with sports suspension, appear very difficult to locate. There are plenty for standard suspension, but that will, obviously, lift the front. Eibach springs are likely to be your best bet. Remember that any lowering they quote will be from the ride height of a car with...

The colours of the paint bands on your spring appear to be 1x grey and 1x blue. If that is correct the part number is 8D0411105CS - the CS at the end of the part number equates to the spring with that colour combination. You will probably have trouble finding such an elusive object anywhere other th...

Parts diagram attached, (I hope I have identified the correct part!)



To identify the part numbers for your car will require the gearbox code (NOT the engine code).

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 th...