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by Andymac
Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:01 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: Will these wheels fit?
Replies: 9
Views: 1080

Will these wheels fit?

My friend has some 18's he took off his mitsubishi lancer, pcd is 5x 114.3, I know a passat b5.5 pcd is 5 X 112, is this close enough or does it need to be bang on?
by Andymac
Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:16 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: decided to come back :)
Replies: 7
Views: 269

Re: decided to come back :)

Passat84 wrote:cheers for the positive comments.as far as the dump valve goes,it sounds sweet even on a derv.it turns heads anyway lol :)
+1 to that, my cousin has a derv golf with a dump valve and it sounds sweet as :-bd
by Andymac
Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:12 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Noob from Rotherham!
Replies: 18
Views: 323

Re: Noob from Rotherham!

ay theres alot of hills up here too.all the rear wheel drive beemers getting no where fast haha.you posted up any pics yet mate?ive posted up just one for now (its in the post that says ''decided to come back'') i joined up last year and had a b5 then but had to sell it but now ive just swapped my ...
by Andymac
Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:43 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Noob from Rotherham!
Replies: 18
Views: 323

Re: Noob from Rotherham!

where abouts in Rotherham are you Andy? im in Rawmarsh :) Brinsworth mate, how's the snow for u lol, I went for a little drive earlier to see what roads were like and there's a lot of hills round where I live but the passat was ploughin up em lol no bother! I'm well impressed with it! Just gotta ge...
by Andymac
Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:26 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: Plastic at bottom of windscreen.
Replies: 6
Views: 926

Re: Plastic at bottom of windscreen.

Hello. His may well have been covered already. But I don't know what to call it. I am trying to remove the plastic section at the bottom of the windscreen that covers the pollen filter. I have already followed the excellent thread on plenum drain cleaning. I have removed the winscreen wiper arms ( ...
by Andymac
Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:41 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: VAG-com
Replies: 5
Views: 823

Re: VAG-com

Just had a look at the setup on ther board unfortunately the word F E E D B A C K starts with F and finishes with CK. The board is set up to look for words that begin with F and end in CK and replace them. If you need to use the word F E E D B A C K then use two words feed back, Karl. lol no probs,...
by Andymac
Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:33 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: urgent help wanted
Replies: 1
Views: 490

Re: urgent help wanted

Just put a newer beta head unit in the car aint got the code yet but all it does is flash the red light and light up for a fraction of a second on hitting the power button the safe does not appear on the screen and dont know what this is i now have 2 radios that do exactly the same I've not had any...
by Andymac
Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:26 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: VAG-com
Replies: 5
Views: 823

Re: VAG-com

since when did "f eed back" become a swearword?
by Andymac
Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:23 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: VAG-com
Replies: 5
Views: 823

Re: VAG-com

Anyone tell me witch lead i need to buy for my B5.5 on ebay just so i know im getting the right one?? cheers I'm not 100% sure but as far as I know all vw's will have the same diagnostics plug so it should just be any of the vag com leads you find on ebay, I'd look at the feed back first tho and tr...
by Andymac
Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:17 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: Turbo sometimes cuts out
Replies: 3
Views: 594

Re: Turbo sometimes cuts out

your best place to start is have the car fault coded you will most likly get a fault called 'charge pressure negative devation' i have no idea directly what it means but normaly the car overboost when under big load causing the car to go into limp mode which as you say resets when you switch it off...
by Andymac
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:22 pm
Forum: B5 & B5.5 PASSATS
Topic: Turbo sometimes cuts out
Replies: 3
Views: 594

Turbo sometimes cuts out

Hi guys, fairly new to this forum so I may be asking a few questions lol, I'm also new to diesel so this may be a simple problem (I hope). I have a 2001 passat 1.9tdi [130], 1st gear turbo kicks in about 2500rpm, same in 2nd, same in 3rd, usually its straight there if i don't change gear too early, ...
by Andymac
Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:38 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Noob from Rotherham!
Replies: 18
Views: 323

Re: Noob from Rotherham!

Welcome Dont worry about injectors any more. Unfortunately there are not many nice 1.9 out there. I mean in spec wise. I am also on hunt for nice B6 estate :ymdaydream: Yea I noticed the only one worth having was the 2.0tdi with the sport interior, I wanted a black one too and less than 100k for £...
by Andymac
Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:02 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Noob from Rotherham!
Replies: 18
Views: 323

Re: Noob from Rotherham!

Thanks for the welcomes guys, and thanks for the advice Matt, glad to hear the problem is being resolved, does anybody know if a 130 version is available in the 1.9 tdi cos all I can find is a 105, or is it just the 2.0tdi 140/170 available?
by Andymac
Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:38 pm
Forum: INTRODUCTIONS & NEWBIES
Topic: Noob from Rotherham!
Replies: 18
Views: 323

Noob from Rotherham!

Hi guys, I just signed up. My names Andy an I'm from Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Not A Passat owner yet, not even a VW but I used to have a mk3 golf haha! Anyway, reason I signed up is cos I am looking at buying a Passat, a B6 I believe (55plate thereabouts) and after seeing some of the posts on her...