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...... id been expecting to get a bit more out? i did the filter housing also.

any advise before i refil?

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I always go om the side of caution with the torque wrench and start at a considerably low torque and work my way up slowly. I got the car back at the start of the year and first job was to clear all the drains, re-gasketed the ecu, replaced the whole cabin filter housing, sealed the bonnet relase ga...

Does the Haynes list a torque figure for the oil filter housing (... and the sump plug? - not that I plan to remove it).

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i always liked the saying...

"tight is tight, too tight is f##ked"

love my torque wrenches

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Great, thanks so much everyone - feeling so much better about doing it all now

Dan

Great, so that just leaves reseting the dash warning but I'm sure a bit of searching will turn up a solution.

superb, just got all the Mann filters from GSF using the 60% and a sump plug for the shelf just in case.

will pick up the oil, remover and vacuum pump.

what sort of schedules do you keep for servicing?

thanks again

Perfect, thank you...... also found a couple of YouTube videos covering it exactly - where they also break the dipstick so will be very aware of that as also mentioned earlier in this thread. do you just pop the extractor in the dipstick hole or in the filter housing? vids... https://www.youtube.com...

Don’t pour 5L in as you’ll either wreck you’re engine or have to drain some back out. I thought you were meant to pour it in till it started coming out the filler :hyst but seriously, thanks. when you talk about the housing tool is it just one of the strap wrench or something more specific? also an...

Never thought of a PD Passat as particularly difficult lol, more the easier end of the scale. Im guessing you havent also factored in an oil filter housing cap socket thus far. From the way you put it yes the fuel filter is probably overdue, 1 - 2 years per change very roughly. The TPS price isnt t...

I didn't either, I said I wanted some service items and he ran up the list..... GSF site seems good - idiot proof

Is the fuel filter really a requirement or is that a consult the book job based on milage?

£24.17 for both Mann filters at gsf

Just got off the phone with the local TPS in Crawley.... for the oil, oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, sump plug he reckons £81.85 which seems more than I expected. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-PASSAT-00-05-1-9-TDI-PD-DIESEL-SERVICE-KIT-OIL-AIR-FUEL-5L-ENGINE-OIL-5W40/152158708732 the link abov...

If there’s one near you, you would be better going to TPS (Trade Parts Specialist) and buying 5L of Quantum LongLife 3. About £18. Genuine VW oil. 54 Passat Wagon PD175 99’ Audi S4 Avant 2.7 QTO ;) You mean actually go somewhere and talk to a real person, I thought this was the internet age :) than...

Hi, I know this has (probably) been done to death but to be honest every time I look into servicing my 1.9 TDI 2004 AVF my head hurts. Its just ticked over to 95k on the clock and I know I really, really (....really!) should sit down and read the Haynes I bought but I just haven't had the time. I've...

indeed, will see how much it annoys me in days to come and what time i have. just wanted to ask the question incase it had been done before.

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just convenience really, seems a simple task that had previously been done automatically so grates being buzzed at. a little annoying like when getting fuel - open door, forget, buzz, lights off get out, get in lights on, get home, forget, buzz, lights off thankfully i dont havent any other issues (...

indeed, but something i dont particularly like

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good stuff, Wikipedia strikes again

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Hi,

might be a simple thing but I thought the B5.5 AVF auto was a 6 speed yet the tiptronic only goes up to 5?

Dan

If the side or headlights are on and the ignition gets switched off they remain on and I get a buzzer if I open the door reminding me to turn them off.......

2004 B5.5 Estate 1.9TDI AVF

Dan

Hi, Just a minor annoyance - or that i was previously spoilt but is there a straight forward way of getting the headlights to turn off with the ignition or would it be a laborious re-wire job? One of my previous cars could change power source by fuse position.... that said it was for the cig lighter...

sounds like the drive to the mot station will be my job then

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sounds very...... invasive.

I ran my finger round the rim the other day - very black and sooty so will have a clean at some point to put on a good show not that it would make much difference. that said I've got 11months to go.

thanks..... how is the smoke opacity measured?

EDIT: scratch that a simple google yielded the answer doh.

have to say im still quite baffled if ive got anything to worry about come mot time.....

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