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mini_dub wrote:Vw claim the box oil is lifetime so its highly likly yours has never been changed


But it worth getting it done asap for piece of mind

Cheers i will look in to getting it done soon

Ok cheers for that :-) um yeah it has a full service history but i dont know if the gearbox oil would of been changed though it has 87800 miles on the clock now got it on around 86500 miles how much am i looking at for a gerbook oil change because it just sometimes feels very sluggish of the mark no...

Right guys i have an 05 passat highline 130 tip auto got it middle march and started driving it 1st april and only signed up to this forum after i got it but from reading stuff about them im not so sure i was very wise in getting one :-s maybe i should of gone manual or even just the sport maybe Wha...

Yeah im not sure its a normal thing they do but i got given mine i was very shocked about it but its worth a try
You do need nice weather to do it really or inside one thing i would do is check all the drain wholes under the batery while you got it all apart

Cheers matt

Same here done mine 2 weeks ago that stuff you ordered i got from vw free when i showed them the letter to say that it was a poo design and there fault its all fixed now though was very easy to do aswell

I really need my tip auto done

I think i have done about 50 tonight since the light come on and it still says i have 20 mile left so thats enough to get me to the garage in the morning :-) Yesterday i pulled in the garage with the trip computer saying i had no miles left put 30 quid in and i have done 170 miles about 40/43mpg on ...

Funny thats this post come up i was going to write one nearly the same becasue I have a b5.5 highline tdi 130 tip auto and im pretty dissapointed on the mpg i by no means drive it very fast and tbh just potter around but i just been doing a few tests to see so I done £20 on a run when i got it and...

On my estate i had to take the rear leather panel that the seat clips on the bottom of that its clips in to the plastic and behind that leather bit there is a screw that holds the plastic on i made the mistake trying to get in the without taking the leather bit off got it out but done it the right w...

crazy4alfa wrote:Around 150 miles on a run or round town. Usually drive steady.

Is yours manual ??

Funny thats this post come up i was going to write one nearly the same becasue I have a b5.5 highline tdi 130 tip auto and im pretty dissapointed on the mpg i by no means drive it very fast and tbh just potter around but i just been doing a few tests to see so I done £20 on a run when i got it and ...

i got mine from ebay but really depends what you want to do ? I will find the one i got :-) on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-COM-USB-KKL-OBD-2-Cable-AUDI-VW-Skoda-Seat-VAG-COM-/300604527221?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item45fd6d1275#ht_2851wt_1276 This is the one i have you can do...

[quote="Andymac"] Hood release gromet, i routed the power to my amplifier through this as it was easiest way i could find, i put a hole in it for my wire to go through and i don't think the gromet is back in th hole securely so i better start there /quote] I would say gett batery out and c...

because of my leak i come across load of differnt problem that others have had i was going to reseal my ecu but seeing i only had water on the passanger side just done the pollen filter Yeah all has to come off wipers scuttle thats how i had to reseal the pollen filter ~x( batery come out clear a fe...

With glove box out you can get the the top of it pretty well

It was so wet i thought better out the car to dry in the sun on the few days we had sun for lol

stevegtx wrote:how did u get the carpet out from under the centre console !

Cut it right under the dash at the front passanger side then slid it out the carpet is so stiff it would never come back down once in put back in all back together now had the carpet out to dry for about 3 or 4 days

Hey might be worth checking the ecu seal aswell because thats the same as the pollen filter as far as im aware and also the bonnet realise grommet might leak think thats under the ecu box This is what my car looked like last week because of my pollen filter leak Custom Code ~x( http://db.tt/Tr3TvPQo

Hey might be worth checking the ecu seal aswell because thats the same as the pollen filter as far as im aware and also the bonnet realise grommet might leak think thats under the ecu box This is what my car looked like last week because of my pollen filter leak Custom Code

Um tbh plug will only go in one way on the light its self so i wouldnt think it was that

But will have a look will put a normal bulb in first

cheers matt

I see what you mean but if i have mine on manualy then get out lock the door all 3 bulbs dim but dont go out :-? All the rest works right just that im thinking its cause i have led bulbs in there never spotted this when i done it but TBH i have never had a reason to see if it done it mostly they are...

Oh right cheers so if you move your switch to the on postions not doors and leave it on get out shut the door lock it does yours just stay on or goes off ?

cheers matt

Oh right i see what you mean but its all the lights so if i switch it on the main light all the bulbs come on if i leave that on then get out and lock it the 3 bulbs dim and stay dim and dont turn off ?

So tonight i have got all my doors to unlock with one button and also auto lock, auto unlock so happy about that but i have noticed now that if i leave the interior light on with the button shut the doors its stays on, Lock it and they dim and dont go off but if i put it on the all off position or t...

i will be keeping an eye on this looking at getting mine done aswell

I will have a look at them what sort of price is it there and what bhp mpg are you getting after the remap

cheers matt