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Changing cambelt soon on my 2003130 tdi sport and has its now covered 117k and never had a water pump was changing that aswell.

Any recomendations on the best pump to use and where the best deals are?

I recently changed the exhaust flex on the front pipe of my 130TDI sport and now notice a loud whistle/whine as the revs increase and also at tickover as if its the turbo spooling. I have checked in the engine bay and can not find any noise there but on going under the car at the weekend found that ...

kml650 wrote:update on the leaking flexipipe, got it fixed at last, no more stink of soot £25 for pipe, welded it on myself very fiddly getting the pipe up through the engine bay.did you find out what your prob was?

Where did you get your flex from?

I have just replaced the exhaust flex on my 130TDI Sport and can now hear a whistling noise even a tickover speed. Only things removed to carry the out was air box, egr valve & obviously exhaut front pipe. Any suggestions what may be causing this as it was not noticeable before changing the flex.

Can anyone recomend the best place to buy a CV joint kit for a TDI 130 Sport.

Thanks Rod

When I came to remove the cat it looked like it would be tricky to get it out without removeing the airbox possibly one or two other bits, so I thought I would just start by undoing the 3 bolts on the flange at the back of the cat as the turbo end looks straightforward. Got under the car and was su...

I will be due for a front disc & pad change soon so ideal time for the upgrade. Has anyone come up with a definative list of vehicles fitted with the 312mm carriers?

Due a weeks holiday soon so ideal time for a trawl of the breakers.

now noticed a creaking from the n/s/f when turning to full lock at parking speed. possible top mount? I did hit a deep pot hole with the n/s/f some weeks ago would that cause it to fail?

As anyome had this before? My 2003 B5.5 TDI Sport has developed a strange intermittent knocking when driving over rough road surfaces. I suspected it was the anti roll bar bushes but on checking can not find any play. There is no noise on smooth suraces and it does not do it all of the time. Its als...

[quote="desertstorm"]Hello Phil, why are you using your EIN as an ID ??. I try to forget about work outside of it. :D Work can't be that far from your mind if you recognised my ID as my EIN :D I had a feeling the pipe was around the 55mm diameter but not sure on the length. I will have to ...

Seen quite a few flex replacement sections on ebay but has anyone any idea of the pipe diameter & flex length required

Hi Guys

The flex in the exhaust front pipe of my 2003 130TDI has split. The cat is still good so reluctant to change. What are my options?

Due to a leaking and knocking n/s front shock absorber on my B5.5 TDI sport I will be changing both fronts for possibly bilsteins in the near future. I have read on a previous thread that the shockers can be removed and replaced without having to remove the dreaded pinch bolt can anyone confirm that...

Sounds like this might be usefull to a few of us - please post the file

I have a similar problem with my remapped 130 TDI sport what is the best clutch & flywheel manufacturer to use and who is the best supplier?

I need to replace one of the front shockers on my 2003 1.9 TDi sport saloon and was looking to replace all 4 to try and improve handling. I dont want to go down the route of coilovers and definately do not want to drop any further than the standard sports ride height. What shockers do you recommend ...

802330268 wrote:is this the sport model with Netoptic (carbon look trim)?

I'm looking for the 2 rear door grab handle inserts in unmarked condition after the window tinters damaged mine.

any thoughts on the above?

anyone fitted a shark fin aerial to their passat saloon? what sort of job to do?

did you fit amplified or not & how was the radio reception?

is this the sport model with Netoptic (carbon look trim)?

I'm looking for the 2 rear door grab handle inserts in unmarked condition after the window tinters damaged mine.

Are there any known problems with the Gamma on/off/volume switches? I turned the volume down the other morning and the radio went dead. I have checked the fuse at the rear of the head unit but its ok. there is power to the cd changer when pressing the load or unload buttons but nothing happening at ...

Just done mine on same door. Took approx 3hrs & a right pain. If you take out the rear seat base (just clipped in) you can take off the door trim - thats the easy part! Follow the write up step by step and all will make sense. I had access to a small air operated exhaust cutting disc with which ...

Anyone fitted a shark fin aerial to their Passat?

Looking on ebay at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-JETTA-MK4 ... 2eb5b7280c

How easy to fit and is reception ok?

Is this a gearbox out job or would it be possible with the box still in?

dave_1 wrote:Hi
The bearings are about £30 each.

But you need to shim the diff if you remove it
If you need the detals of how to change the bearings let me know.

Dave

Possibly looking at having to replace my diff bearings in the near future any chance of the the details of how to?