UKPassats

Just got my car back from the plenum drain recall, just to let you know Listers at Coventry WILL foot the bill 100% by splitting the cost 70% VWHQ, 15% bodyshop, 15% service section. Subject to paint measurement first. He said the Golfs do have a recall for it but the first passat they got in they ...

seems to me the issue here is whether or not your willing to take the chance. iv used cherryaid myself in the past in my old 405 and can still get it for around 85p a litre from my local boat yard. if your going to use it you might as well use it full time and save as much as you can cause if you ge...

renault 12 in pea green metalic. it was so ugly the kids made me drop them off before we got to school and they used to duck down if they saw their friends. never let me down though

iv been putting in 75ml to £20 worth of diesel. now even when i gun it theres no black smoke coming out the exhaust but like karl said i hav,nt noticed any improvement in mpg just a bit more responsive.

well its been a couple months and a couple of thousand miles and i must say the car has never run better or smoother. has any others using it had any issues.

That's because they don't want you to know how to do it , they want you to take it to a dealer , give you some poo about it needing specialist computer equipment then when it is out of view they get the tea girl/boy to do a 5 second reset and charge you for the privilege ! :hyst :hyst :hyst :hyst y...

This works on mine , you don't need Vagcom . 1, Ignition off 2, Press and hold trip reset (milage reset) 3, Still holding reset, switch ignition on. 4, Release reset button 5, turn clock adjust l cheers chap just done what you said worked perfect :-bd . in the bloody manual it says ign off hold in ...

polo-mk3 wrote:You need vag-com to reset the service information

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done the reset last time by holding in trip reset knob in and turning the clock set one to the right at the same time.

guys im trying to get the service now warning off but cant seem to do it with the clock and miles buttons. anyone got any ideas. ta

lol id say you were more than lucky m8. but why the f**k would you even try to drive through 18" of water thats half way up the door in a landy yes but a sat

found i had a split vac hose causeing the prob. went to weymouth and back for the weekend drove like a dream and av 54mpg and that was going down the fosse way up hill and down dale.

think that turns the air bag system off.

thinking its the veins on turbo sticking so just going do a steady 65 ish down to weymouth. did see a thing on a car program a few weeks ago about a company that you take your car to and they connect a tin of this stuff to the fuel pump and run the car on it for a couple of hours and it cleans every...

cant remember the code now just remember over boosting.

out in the car today guys doing about 80 and went into limp mode stopped turned it off and on then ok again got up to 80 and it done it again. scan said over boosting. been getting some chatter from the waste gate at about 2500 rpm lately. any ideas guys. going to weymouth in it on friday so a bit o...

bobfish45 wrote:I've had the silicone on for the best part of a year with no problems,it certainly doesn't collapse.I found a certain irony,that coloured silicon is considered boy racerish amongst the lowered suspension,big wheels,badgeless grilles etc.etc.

so true lmao

meriafel2 wrote:I would prefer the original look too.....so how many metres of each do I need for complete replacement on a 2002 Passat PD AVF TDi. Thanks.

id have thought 3 metre of each just to be sure you,ve got enough..

cliff81 wrote:i got 3mm £4 for 3mtrs on ebay and 5mm 3mtrs £5 at japfest (dont ask)! have abit left still.
iv had no issues with them so far on my 20vt holds boost fine if not better!

how long have you had it on..

bradh wrote:i want to do this also i normally use fuel line pipe as its dont crush under vaccume

you can get the proper braided stuff of e bay but its about a £5 a metre and only in black..

crazy4alfa wrote:Why? They are no good and will collapse I was told.

wondered about that

AliM wrote:3mm and 5mm worked for mine (2002 -AVF)

cheers how many metre did you buy..

im changing all my vacuum hoses for silicone can any1 tell me the internal diameter i will need. many thanks.

petek wrote:Dealers only I would have thought, I've bought them in the past and they are not expensive.

thought that might b the case..

guys im looking to renew the 3 rubber mounts on my tdi engine cover is this a stealers only part or is their an after market part available.

water01 wrote:Trying loading them into Photbucket and then using the Photobucket URL to load them into your post.

thanks gonna try that now..