The nozzle on top of the coolant tank broke off as I was moving the tank out of the way to disconnect some sensors. Attached is a stock picture of the tank with the area that broke circled in red. There's about a 1/4in piece left that's reinforced with plastic bars on the top and bottom and that...

Hi My car is boosting 1.5bar, is the good for a stock car? Details I have a standard 2005 Passat 1.8t Tip (engine code AWT). What was done Complete rebuild of motor bottom to top. I replaced rings, big ends, main etc.... The blocked was re-sleeved as the engineering shop messed up when the...

Hours of trying to get the pinch bolt out, I finally gave up. I'm taking my car to a shop to get the bolt removed on Monday, so my question is how safe to drive it all weekend with almost no rubber bushings left on control arms? There's some up-n-down play in the left one now. Is it going to...

I am original owner of 1999 Passat GLS Wagon 1.8T, 144k miles. For the past few years the low oil pressure indicator would occasionally go off when driving up steep hills here in SF Bay area, but overall the car continued to run okay - I just attributed that to it being an old car. A couple of...

2002 1.8t wagon I've been fruitlessly trying to pin down a leak that is throwing a P0171 code. So far I have found and fixed 2 leaks with a boost leak test, but now I'm coming up short. I've seen DIY smoke machines using an air compressor with a paint can with burning material inside to provide...

Monsoon. Not Monon. I have read the posts on this topic. Some have issues and some don't. I do lol Radio is in safe mode. I don't have any original paperwork nor Manuel or radio code. I don't want to replace it but what are my options??? Thank you jj

Have a leak. Know where it is, (flange on back of head), but don't really have the time to work on it for a while. Are these safe to use in our G12 systems? And do they work? B5.5 1.8t

Hey guys, I have a question can someone help me answer it? I got a spare 4G data sim via my wireless broadband package. I had a HTC one laying around doing nothing so I had a good idea! I put my HTC one in my car with the data sim and used an app to track my car via its GPS. I'm using an app...

Hello all, Im currently running a stage 1 generic map on my passat 1.8 turbo 2003 ( Awt engine code) But since the stage 1, ive fitted a brand new k04-015 turbo, fmic, audi 225 bam injectors and a 3" decat and full stainless steel exhaust My question is...im getting it customed remapped...

2005 B5.5 1.8t I was doing some work today on my air box to try and remove some troublesome codes. While hooking the secondary air pump breather hose back in to the airbox it snapped off. But this is a good thing, I noticed that where it snapped was brown and cracked and very well may have...

Hello there, I could use some advice from the forum and I didn't do a great job of advertising my problem in my first post, so I wanted to try again ... please don't kick out the noob for a double-post. :icon_eek: I recently bought a 2002 Passat off of Craigslist (~140k miles), and I am...

Hi Folks, Just joined forum to say thanks for great help relating to problem I was having with my 98 B5 1.8T petrol. It suddenly started stalling, kinda falling flat on its face, then no power, then suddenly power... Tracked it down to possibly fuel pump (eek!) or maybe MAF... So, using...

how to extend my cars death? My cars dying, and its my only mode of transportation, and can only make the trip to work before it starts to overheat ( I talked with a VW guru and he said its one of two things, bad t-stat (which I just replaced a few weeks ago ) or a bad head gasket. To help...

Hello guys, I finally found the leak in my car that's been bothering me for along time. The water is coming in from the seal below the ECU box, I wanted to ask can I just unplug the ECU as it's currently in my way to change the seal? Does unplugging ECU cause any issues? or resets or does...

This was my 2000 GLS 2.8L 5-speed. I never thought about it in terms of safety but I found out quickly enough. I escaped with only two broken legs and some glass in my arm, but today with the help of titanium rods I'm already driving another manual B5 :thumbup:

Hello; I really need some help with my B7 Variant. I've seen a dog/luggage barrier in the original accessories of VW. It says that the barrier keeps the luggages safe for the passengers. I wonder if I really need to buy one. We have a 3m baby which faces to the rear at the back seat in his...

sorry for the noob question, but I need to replace my power steering rack, and several searches have yielded conflicting answers on the best way to safely jack up my front end. the threads I've found have all been fairly old and inconclusive. I gather that the best approach is to purchase a...