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Well this is 90mins in, going ok so far!



I'm now at work.

Can I leave the metal cross beam in place to get at the heater matrix and evaporator?

Interested to see replies on this
My glow plug doesn't flash and I see a fault code for it. Not sure if bulb Or Relay?

Ha! K seal doesn't feel right to me :) I don't have aircon (well it's been removed) so all fine there - in fact I'll be removing the evaporator while I'm In there I watched a YouTube vid by a northern chap called road runner (funny video actually with the amount of swearing, link below) and actually...

Hi All!

Right my heater matrix is leaking so I've bought a replacement

Such a shame the dash has to come out

What's the best way please to minimise what I remove?

Do I need to remove the steering wheel?

Many thanks

Ok thanks! So I can't use my normal calipers? Are the newer type calipers bigger/better? I actually have porsche 4 pots on at the mo so might just buy the custom carrier brackets to mount these Just shout if you can suggest any nice brake options - the W8 items sound a bit heavy/complicated to me So...

Hi All Which caliper carrier brackets do I need to make my standard ATE calipers work (312mm discs) when using alloy front hubs with the larger carrier bolt spacing please? I plan to fit the lighter alloy hubs off the A6 C5, to my B5, and hoping the standard A6 carriers off this C5 model suit? Or do...

Yep that's a bv43
Nice upgrade
Just replace with another or your remap might be asking too much boost for a standard item
If you also post the reg plate someone on here can probably tell you all the mods it's had!

Be sure to get the same xxxx702H item as shown in the photo

Hi All Need some new brake discs for my B5.5 with 312mm upgrade. GSF have two types of 312mm x 25mm discs - overall height 49.9mm vs 46.5mm and 65mm centering diameter vs 68mm Which do I need please? :) On GSF I cant use my reg plate as it doesn't think I have the upgrade, but ECP seem to say I need...

Many thanks

I meant tyres scrubbing on full lock due to geometry issues rather than touching arches (so the toe being wrong etc) and how this might be affected if the driveshaft lengths were wrong, although now I see they're the right length!

Coming back to this 4years later... :) Looking at changing my 4motion tdi B5.5 front driveshafts as the cv joints might be on their way out.... Does anyone know if the 4motion front driveshafts are different to the FWD items, other than being a lot Skinnier? Is the length the same? The car has had B...

Thanks Karl

When you say power supply do you mean internally within the unit?

I've not looked at the wiring at the plug end (in the wall) as I presumed it wasn't this

But the caliper/pads weren't fitted, so the disc hadnt got anything to bind up against?
There is no brake judder either, the discs seem fine

Front right caliper and guide pins replaced with new and no improvement With caliper/pads removed, when I spin the disc (locked to hub) it gets tight once per revolution, to a point where if you stop the disc in the tight position, it's actually Quite hard to get it rotating again when pulling at th...

Hi All The digital display on my washing machine has gone very faint, and none of the programs work (it won't start), but after leaving it switched on for around 30mins it'll kick into life and works fine Is this a capacitor on its way out? I took the main circuit board out last night and couldn't s...

I don't believe you'll find one
And what's wrong with Fjord blue?

Here's mine

https://imgur.com/gallery/FY70ONO

Hmmm the caliper slide pins don't have boots on!
Must have been like that for the 4 years I've had it... naturally they're a bit rusty, maybe seized? I'll get them swapped when I find a 7mm Allen key!

Right I still haven't got to the bottom
Of this.....

Can a worn wheel bearing or cv joint give me a grinding noise when doing 5mph with the steering wheel straight?

Thanks All

I'm pretty sure it's just the normal play in the steering rack. No knocks or rattles!

Hi All, I have a B5 and a B5.5 Passat. Jacking up the front wheel (just one side at a time) and rocking the wheel hard in the 3/9o'clock position I get movement on both wheels on both cars. If I rock lightly there's no movement. I presume there is supposed to be an amount of steering rack play, whic...

I’ve not rebuilt a Caliper before - fairly straight forward?

Many thanks

The website still has the two different types of ATE caliper as mentioned in my first post (mac lee you say it's corrected but it's not?)

Also the 6 different brake codes, that can't be 6 different calipers?

Hmmm so they have two pagid ate calipers with a £50 price difference which are the same?

Hi All, Eurocarparts have these two RH front brake Caliper options for my B5.5, both stated as 57mm piston ATE to suit a 25mm disc, but £50 price difference. All I can see in the photos is the hose attachment point is the opposite side (if pictures are accurate). Did Vw do the ‘same’ calipers, but o...

Yes I thought it was ELN?

No it was just the 5v part fitted instead of 11v as mentioned above