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Could be the rear passenger door regulator panel seal leaking. Sit in the back with the door closed and get someone to run water on the door window and look for water leaking in over the door seal. May just need to take the interior door panel of and seal the lower part of the regulator panel with a...

I had exactly this job just yesterday. Front passenger side. I had read that by drilling/cutting an access window in the lock actuator body to expose the gear wheel that drives the deadlock you could manually wind it off to open the door. No doubt in some failure modes this may work but have to repo...

Other than reading reviews, I can vouch for Michelin Cross climate from experience, been running them on my B5.5 estate for over 3 years now, great performing tyre in all conditions i’ve encountered in the uk so far, very consistent feel. I really like them. Not driven in the snow with them yet but ...

Cheers Shane, I looked at a 2.0tfsi Exeo the other day, pretty looking car but quite a small boot for an estate, also thought it a bit ott for what my daughter was needing in the performance stakes. Looking at all the options I think an Octavia 1.4TSI (or maybe even a 1.8) is probably the best optio...

Never had any issues with Pagid from ecp, the anti corrosion paint on them is good too, discs stay looking smart for longer than most

Thanks Mitch, Yeah, also looking at the Octavia and golf even considering seat exeo / A4 avant although boot space is’nt the best in these. Unfortunately her budget puts her right in the diesel boom era so our preferred Petrol choice is limited, recon over 90% of cars are oil burners. What are the 1...

Hi B6 peeps, Been driving a B5.5 for the last 12 years so never really imersed myself in the b6 world. My daughter is currently looking for an estate car and likes the look of the b6, I know there were a number of issues with the early cars, my question is... Do the later cars fair better in the rel...

Have you seen this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Passat-B5-5- ... SwPGpaiY2F

I have one of these, lambs wool performance without the durability issues.
http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom ... db_pid=433

can’t recall, was’nt realy paying attention
Will it be on the test results sheet? its out in the car, I’ll have a look in the morning.

MOT’d my wagon on Thursday, 0.41 max, average was 0.4.
2005 AVF so no dpf, all stock and still with egr.
I always fill with BP ultimate, never noticed improved mpg but keeps it burning clean, seems to do the trick, no other additives required.

A6W. - Fresco green metalic

Answering my own question..... just checked the reg of a random 2003 130 sport wagon found on ebay and it is subject to the T charge.

Guessing then if you have indicators in your B5.5 mirrors your ok

Just checked my AVF B5.5 and not affected,
Just wondering are all B5.5 PD’s euro 4 or only the run out years?

Never calculated it manually, its pretty consistent though. Not affected by fuel either from what I can see. I do tend to run bp ultimate though, I think it does help prevent soot/particulate issues in the long run.... turbos and the like

similar here, my car is in great shape - 130 AVF not running any re-map. On a 150 mile motorway run it will normally do 50mpg (best I've had is 57) drops to around 43 on local runs. Normally 46/47 on Trip2 mpg.

Does it enable the removal of the terminals? Sent using tepalathy from my brain. do you mean the male pins? Should do, although I've only done female pins so far. Its easy to use, just got to slide the purple retaining clip out of the plug then poke the tool in the front and pull the pin terminal o...

Picked up this handy little tool, needed it to change a damaged electrical plug for one of my headlights. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322204346342?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/harveypic/62865132cef4b5759e89827053c2b2c9_zpslfnpz3...

While your in there check your crank case breather system through, it runs from just by the dipstick up and around to the turbo (have a google for details) it is very common on the 1.8T to block up with sludge/mayo.
Can lead to oil leaks around the head and oil/vapour venting from the dipstick.

It'll be from the breather system, its normal to see oil dripping from lower intercooler section.

Also had 2x sports and both flash on lock up too

don't know how you'd get on with this but might be worth a try

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glow-Plug-Remo ... XF6H5H89XM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6sfgIhfT4

Not really any help, but while on the subject of aerials thought I'd mention just replaced my aerial antenna with a shorter stubby one. Its a 2010 year Polo one. part number 6R0 035 849D. screwed straight onto the original base. http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/harveypic/1a13aa472393a5ec3178b...

As far as im aware they use exactly the same projector and plastic at the front. Without going into details I don't really understand, they look very similar from the outside but I think you'll find they are actually different. That aside, for the most part HID's work really quite well in the halog...