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Here's mine: Anybody who's ever had to replace ball joints on an older car knows it can be a real pain in the neck. My B5.5's wheel bearing went, so I had to pull the steering knuckle to press out the old bearing and press in the new one, and since I'm doing one side, I might as well do the...

no problem finding parts, lots of problems finding a manual for my 2012 TDI.

So maybe you've see pictures of the apparently nice Passat wagon, owned by the guy whom the court kicked out of his parent's house in New York. The story I read implies that he has other Passats in storage, so he's perhaps a PassatWorld B5 forum member?

We've all had situations where we couldn't avoid hitting something due to speed, safety comfort (risk taking), etc. About two weeks ago, driving on a Sunday afternoon (w/ sun at bad angle), guard rail on the right, semi-truck in passing lane, running 60-65...I first noticed the object about 1/4...

And got a new daily, and i am happy as all hell to be back into a passat while i continue the work on the franken w8 chassis 2.5t swapped car.

Hello All! While working on my haunted 2000 Passat V6 I discovered/broke some other wire. If you could help me identity what it is I would be greatly appreciated. I know the pics are not very good and lack arrows but I do not have access to powerpoint or editing software. If needed I can go...

A few weeks back, I went to the annual VW show put on by the Stateline Volks Folks in Rockford, Illinois. I still can't believe what won Best of Show. The prize went to an old, dilapidated-looking Beetle from the mid-1960s. The body had more rust than visible sheetmetal. It had a roof rack...

its been a little while since I've updated.. just thought I'd deliver some eye candy for everyone. Fresh AEB motor, I.E. drop in rods, new rings, and rod bearings, Borg Warner s251rs from AGP with a .63 ar t3 turbine housing, on a Spa top mount manifold, agp 38mm w/g, hks ssqv, 034 drop in 044...

I put this job off for a LONG time......our car has 125k miles now and the intake has never been off. Finally was getting some misfires in January, so I set up an appointment with a recommended local indy to clean things up. Picked the car up this afternoon. He said, "On a scale of 1 to 10...

I have an 03 Passat with 237k+ miles on it, so obviously it has a few problems. A buddy of mine has a 00 Passat and I swear as soon as one of our cars had a problem the other one decided it also wanted to have the same problem. So with that being said, what's the most annoying recurring problem...

Some of you remember this thing. Well she got into a bad relationship with crusher and its living her second love somewhere as crushed piece of metal...haha Her replacement is a nicer more mature one... :crazy::crazy: She started her life as $600 car with messed up timing belt...

Well I'll proabbly post this in the garage section when I can but my Passat runs like crap, if it even Runs at all. It shudders, the CEL flashes, coolant is leaking because the CTS doesn't have the correct o ring (or even the right coolant) plus some vacuum diaphram under the throttle body is...

So yesterday while washing the Wagon, I accidentally pulled out my "coin holder" (at least that's what I thought it was), and underneath was some random hole. What is said hole? And is the rubber part covering it actually a coin holder or something else much more awesome? Here's the "Coin...

Hi! I thought i should share my experience, so no need for help or anything. So the car came with an AGM battery since it has an Eberspächer installed (a diesel block heater). One day i realised the radio (RNS 300) hasn't been playing anything. The only volume i could adjust was telephone. So...

And my dirty car (who just got a new CV shaft after 2 days of cursing at 2 of 6 bolts, and victory pics got weird)

Hi just got a Passat! Need help with burning smell!!

i was flipping through the service records i have for my passat (2 inches thick) and i found the original owners email address and his home address in Wisconsin. so i figured i would send him an email because the paper said he was a self proclaimed VW and BMW enthusiast. i figured if the 10 year...

So it's been a while. My passenger side cylinder head took a dive during a tensioner failure. Replaced the cylinder head and associated components, timing belt, water pump, tensioners and pulleys.. you all know the deal. So I crank it up, it purrs like a kitten. Rides really nice on the road. So...

hi, i have a 2004 vw b5 with intake and exhaust that all im looking at this forum to see what else I can do to my car k thanks.

My wife recently got into an accident in her B5.5 Passat. The front right fender is a little bent up, but more importantly the clear plastic headlight housing is broken. Is there a way to replace just this plastic or do we need to replace the entire headlight housing?