tomsuperb

Hope you get sorted, I went for a replacement service book and saw mine was done at 75k, must be about the mileage for it!! Diesel economy! Have put mine up for sale on the auto trader as don't do enough miles in it!!

Can't help with the fault but live on teesside so not too far away, there are local independents such as volkswerk in Middlesbrough may be open tomorrow who can advise or maybe fix. As the name suggests they focus on vw Audi? Out of interest is it a 2.0 tdi? There was a post a couple of weeks ago about cleaning out and putting ad blue in but don't know how successful it would be!! Tom

Mine did this and it was the lower rear suspension arms on the front. They are the curved ones and a common mot failure, loads of threads on here about them Tom

My 20 tdi gave the over boost light just after it was serviced. Heard horror stories of jammed turbo vanes etc. that was six months and 5 k miles ago. Had the code removed and made sure the inter cooler pipe was pushed on and it's been fine since Tom

Do you still have the eBay maf sensor on? they are a really strange thing the mafs the cheap ones can play up, a friend got one from euro car parts which was spot on, might be worth a change. Tom

I have had similar problems it he past with debris from the rim pushing the bead away and deflating tyres. Decent tyre place would only charge about £5 to take the tyre off and clean the rim up.

Bit of an update, got one from my local parts shop for £31. Would get £6 back on surcharge but it has to be reconditionable, mine was in two bits so no chance of that. Very easy DIY job as long as you buy the 17mm hex socket for the hub nut and find a 10mm 12 splined socket. This guide helped a lot http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/b5/CV-boot-broken-replacement.htm Still thinking about selling up though, but we'll see! Tom

Cheers for the advice, hours labour doesn't sound bad, be about five hours of my DIY attempts. Will have a think about selling, its a lovely car but worry about becoming a money pit, would miss the heated leather though Tom

The curse of needing to use my car has struck and the outer cv joint on the ns has collapsed so the car won't drive etc. had a look about passat forums and they describe removing the half shaft, is this the way to go? Also has anyone got any tips on the best kit to use. Saw gsf on other post but can't find the described kit on their online shop, anyone know the part number etc? Think I will fix it mot and sell it! Cheers Tom

Does the car still do this? It might just be a bit of oil on the manifold or engine cover, I had a passat turbo with a rocker cover leak. The oil had a slight drip and made a similar smell to your description. Cheers Tom

Thanks for the advice, am gonna have to give it a go for peace of mind, might try and borrow some wiper pulleys. Unfortunately my hands are like shovels so getting it done with them on will no doubt result in broken plastic!!! Cheers Tom

Ok will give it a try, got to love vw group making cars that aren't waterproof!! Tom

Has anyone fixed their wing mirror downlight? My drivers one is off and has been for a while, everything else on the car works apart from. Skoda tried to sell me a new unit for £50 plus but I was wondering if there was one of the usual vw common faults to be fixed. Cheers Tom

Ok no probs thanks for the advice Tom

Ok cheers, will get wild with the sealant ASAP I think just in case!! Cheers Tom