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Thats what i was thinking ,maybe a blockage but without the thermostat it seems to run ok . Found a guide on how to get codes out of the climatronic, So just went outside for a ciggy and come up with these codes , cleared them afterwards too. I shall run it up tomorrow and see what comes of that . 2...

So this is peeing me off , removed stat and runs sweet ,i took it for a drive and didnt overheat but temp sat at 90 wen stationary .still no heat in heaters tho .

Nothing to do with the kit i know , but i found a nokia 5110 under the rear seat in my b5 the other week lol

More of the stat should be in pump that stat housing , like the side you see the spring more is in the pump ? , twas the way it come out

Sorry for confusion , i changed the thermostat due to heaters not working and temp gauge hardly moving .?
So to be clear the stat was changed and then it overheated

Bit more info

Heaters on full blast hot aswell by the way ,

I turned the engine off before it could over heat like it did the day i replace the stat and went for a drive ,and all it was doing was pressurising .

Cheers

Ok so ive finally got around to replacing the water pump and putting everything back together , But im having the same problems as before . Bottom rad hose cold (put new stat in no change) Water pump replaced . (Tested as recomended appeared buggered) I get the engine up to temp 90deg (middle of tem...

Thermostat already replaced for an aftermarket one , and it was tested prior to removing the water pump by putting in a boiling kettle , results were that it opened fine .

So today i got some spare time to finish taking the pump off . Took the front off the pump to acess the impella and it seems fine no broken fins or shaft spinning without it . I shall be replacing it as its off and i already painf and ordered one on its way . But this is confusing as i took the smal...

Ive been thinking this ^^ , very new to passat world . My b5 is silvery blue lol need to look at the paint code really

Well that sucks was gonna get some b5 coilovers .

Forgot to mention i found the allen key at the back but cant lock the pulley itself to undo it ??

Ok so now i cant seem to figure out how the viscous fan clutch comes off the pulley ?? After this its plain sailing . Help is much appreciated ,

Cheers James

So i typed in the search bar , passat b5 coilovers and 4 pages of poo and no coilovers :/ whats the deal there lol

Wicked thanks again guys i see what is hopefully needed for me to get it off now ill update tomororrow wen i crack on with it

Cheers James

Thanks for the help , i shall take the bracket off tomorrow and investigate more . The thing that still baffles me is if you look at the pic i uploaded . See the aux belt tensioner behind there theres a tensioner and it looked to be attatched to the pump housing ? Can anyone confirm it is or isnt ? ...

Ok so ive stripped the front ect ect i have access to belts and pulleys but . Ive been told it was possible to replace the water pump without removing the cam belt but it appears not to me , Ive gone to undo the 10mm bolts at the front of the pump to pull out the impella ,when i noticed that the pum...

Thanks for your advice pal , ill go for a metal inpella one from Ecp .

Oh and i shined up the headlights using : 800 1200 & 2500 wet n dry paper ;)

Hi guys new here as some may know , but i also own a Bmw e30 m50b25 powered take a look comments ect welcome http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l490/James_Batts/E81DF31E-0895-48BB-9893-132E84641A31-5135-000005E69241B294.jpg http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l490/James_Batts/2A2CF142-1DF8-4C0A-B82...

Also would it be best for me to get a metal impeller pump instead of plastic as the plastic ones are like £25 for the pump and housing on ebay ? Where as my local motor factors want £54 ?
Cheer James

Wicked mate thanks ,haven't really been able to get my head in there enough to investigate . But i did do the bottle test , let it warm up to 90c on the temp gauge and popped it off into the bottle ,at first sum foam like bubbles come out and then a splutter of some water out and then stopped , from...

Thanks fella ill give it a try in the morning , in dreading changing it ! Is the timing an ok job on these ? or need locking tools ?
Cheers James

Right i changed the stat and went to bleed it up but nothing cane out of the lest heater matrix while engine running ,so i popped of the matrix inlet and only a dribble comes out even at higher revs . So i put my mouth around the expansion tank and blew into it and water came out of the inlet . I ha...

Is this not the correct section for troubles ? :/ as no replys yet ? Cheers James