UKPassats

Okay so I introduced myself a couple of weeks ago. Have had the Passat 3 weeks now it drives well but I have two niggles...I have had one incidence of immobiliser active and this morning a beep with steering column lock defective. Took key out put it back in and all was well on both occasions. On a ...

I don't think it's Police , I think it's oil autism :-bd Not sure how good quality is determined :esm Anyway I'm still waiting for someone to add some inorganic fullerene tungsten disulfide to their oil ! Erm...well nothing has blown up with it in! That's a winner in my book :mrgreen: I have no ide...

https://www.mpmoil.co.uk/products/05000 ... thetic-esp

This is the stuff.

You'll be pleased to hear it does meet the 507.00 spec. My spares place are pretty good, they supply on reg number so usually they meet the required specs. We've used MPM oil for years and always found it to be of a good quality. We don't believe in long life servicing on diesels either....twice a y...

Oh and sump gravity drain in answer to your other question. It’s how he’s always done it. We did buy an extractor once but he didn’t get on with it.

Yep I am Vicky (good guess :hyst ) We’ve bought an MPM oil, it’s 5w 30, and it’s ESP grade(without looking at the bottle I’m not sure if it’s ESP or ESP-X). We have a trade account at our local motor factors (we dabble!) and I said I wanted the best oil they list for it and that’s what they gave me....

Hi all. I purchased my B6 passat on Sunday, stumbled on these forums Sunday night and have spent the last 48 hours panicking about oil pumps and balancer shafts. I phoned VW today and they have confirmed my car comes with the OEM 100mm shaft so panic level has reduced somewhat. Having said that, I h...