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- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: b6 Passat front washwipe not working
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1873
Re: b6 Passat front washwipe not working
I had a problem with my bonnet catch mechanism not shutting the other day and had to remove and clean it to get it working correctly, the bonnet switch is on there, could it be a problem with that switch? there is no dash light saying that the bonnet is open though? Bonnet catch switch is a well kn...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:33 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Air Condition issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2548
Re: Air Condition issues
Shop around for prices. My mate got his compressor done by a local VW indie for £300, plus a belt. But commiserations anyway. VW have had decades to get this problem sorted.
BJ
BJ
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:45 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Passat 1.9 TDI B6 DPF
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1588
Re: Passat 1.9 TDI B6 DPF
It doesn't have one. My 57 plate B6, 1.9 TDI, was an old-fashioned turbo diesel that didn't go in for all that emissions malarkey. I think you can tell the old models from the engine covers. The pre-DPF ones had the four light grey pipes going straight down (https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/282894224193?chn...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:14 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Gear stick moving
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2865
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:15 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Change gear problem...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1598
Re: Change gear problem...
Sounds like the gear linkage might need adjusting. You've got two cables, one for up/down and the other for left/right, and you can easily access the upper adjuster set if you remove the gaiter around the gearstick. (The lower set isn't hard either, but it requires a bit more spannering, and you'll ...
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Coolant leak
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1812
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:47 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Rear Wiper and Washers Not Working
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4973
Re: Rear Wiper and Washers Not Working
That rings a bell from the days when I had my B6. It was something really, really obscure, such as the bonnet catch switch! Maybe try searching the B6 forum?
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:54 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Handbrake problem, again.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3674
Re: Handbrake problem, again.
I don't know why your breakdown people didn't just remove the motor and get you mobile again? When my offside PB seized, the AA were out in 30 minutes, and they had the wheel off and the motor out in ten minutes. So I was clear to drive home, and my local indy fixed it the next morning. Of course, t...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:16 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Windscreen Chip Repair
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1282
Re: Windscreen Chip Repair
Never had a problem with Autoglass chip repairs, personally. Would I trust a 'free' fix outside Tescos? I dunno, will they still be there next week when you've got a problem? :???: There are two main things that can go wrong with a chip repair. One is that they don't clean out the jagged edges of th...
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:30 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: MOT Rear tyres?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1997
Re: MOT Rear tyres?
Four wheel Hunter alignment will fix that (assuming that it isn't just something in the linkages that's got worn.) The wagons especially are prone to this problem. Eighty quid at my local tyre indy (ouch!), but oh, it was so worth it. The whole car drove with a much better sense of purpose after it ...
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:37 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Car not locking with key?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1230
Re: Car not locking with key?
Sounds like your key fob has lost its sync with the car. We had similar with the wife's Mk6 Golf last year - obviously that was a bladed ignition key rather than the B6 brick, but the symptoms were the same - the key's transponder worked the ignition but it wouldn't do the door locks even though the...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 11:13 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Dead Passat B6 PD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2553
Re: Dead Passat B6 PD
No dash lights? Do you mean none at all, or no warning lights that stay on? Seatbelt or ABS lights normal?
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:35 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Trim going dull
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1951
Re: Trim going dull
Can't answer that in detail, since I don't have my Passat any more, but this stuff (http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/wheel-tyre-cleaning/carplan-black-trim-wax-375ml) has always done the job for me. Very dense, and it doesn't come off on your clothes. Really smartens up a car at selling...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:21 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Watchdog advising not to have the emmissions fix done
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4441
Re: Watchdog advising not to have the emmissions fix done
LOL, the EGR issue is being denied? When the wife's 1.6 Golf threw an EGR earlier this year, it took my indy three weeks to even get hold of the part, because the VW dealerships are snapping up as many as they can get, because the emissions fix kills them - often within hours. :cry: The nationwide p...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:08 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Snapped cambelt advise
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3738
Re: Snapped cambelt advise
Sounds broadly comparable to my experience when my diesel Focus (of blessed memory) snapped a belt at 30 mph. I was able to get the car up the kerb before it ran out of momentum, and I just had a couple of bent valve stems and a head inspection/shave at the local motor factor. A couple of dents in t...
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:43 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: car insurance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1683
Re: car insurance
Yes, get a new insurer. Your existing one will just take the pee unless you change at every year end, and a new one will give you a better quote as a newcomer because that's what they always do. :ymhug: Meerkat always does it for me. I expect they're all the same, though. Don't necessarily take the ...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: HID Upgrade issues can't find a solution on the search
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2093
Re: HID Upgrade issues can't find a solution on the search
I think the Search facility might be on the blink. I just tried searching for EGR, and then for DPF, and not a single result came up. .
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2946
Re: What would you do?
Too true... It may not be related.. Independent scan it is then.... But if egr related then... Massive coincidence that it's happened shortly after the emissions fix... Don't get me started on that topic. The wife's 1.6 Golf (also an EA189) stopped the other day with a dead EGR, and the indie garag...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Leaking windscreen washer fluid.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1561
Re: Leaking windscreen washer fluid.
Lidl's blue washer fluid. Made for the German market, where it can easily go to minus 25. (I had minus 20 for two straight weeks when I lived in Berlin.) Brill stuff, they claim it goes down to minus 60 - I wouldn't want to try and prove that! But and it never caused a problem with those finicky con...
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:53 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Oil consumption
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1881
Re: Oil consumption
Wot, no answers yet? If this had been a petrol engine I'd have automatically assumed worn piston rings on number 3. I've never had this problem with a diesel, but I suppose it's got to be in the running this time as well? A compression test ought to show up a leaky set of rings. Are you getting any ...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:38 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Rust issue
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1620
Re: Rust issue
Too late to be wise now, but it looks like you've had blocked drainage holes at the bottom of your door. Either that or a bad repair in the past. And you'll need to know how far the corrosion has spread beyond what you can see from the outside. Worth fixing, but commiserations.
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: Sloppy gear stick, struggling to get gears
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1391
Re: Sloppy gear stick, struggling to get gears
There are two places where gear linkages can go astray - at the top (under the gearstick) or lower down where the selector rods meet the side of the gearbox. My 57 reg B6 (five speed box) intermittently wouldn't engage anything higher than second gear, especially when the engine was hot. Which made ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:31 am
- Forum: B6/CC PASSATS
- Topic: parking brake warning light help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Re: parking brake warning light help
then driving along i a dreaded chime and parking brake warning light stuck on the mfd. i didn't want to test my luck so i just used the foot brake all the way home. at home on the driveway i tested the parking brake and it worked fine and the light disappeared :???: should i be worried :sad: is the...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:24 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: Wet front passenger footwell
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1946
Re: Wet front passenger footwell
I could do with a decent diagram of the front wheel arch/wing area to see where the possible avenues for ingress are, but can't find one anywhere! If you can see a split, could you get a bit of Duck Tape onto it? If that stuff could patch up the bullet holes in a P-40 fighter, I daresay it'd take c...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:54 am
- Forum: B7 PASSAT -2011 on..
- Topic: B7 Estate boot light
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3356
Re: B7 Estate boot light
Sounds like a bit of a faff for what you're going to get. Couldn't you just use one of those battery powered LED strips? (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-BRIGHT-5- ... 2155037808) Batteries last forever.