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I got some b5 passat sport springs for my b5 avant SE, Only after reading up did i discover that the rears wouldn't fit from a passat. Would there be any problems with having the slightly lower sports on the front and normal se on the rear? Reason for the change is she failed the mot for a...

As above, my lcd is ******, if i put a new cluster in will it read my miles still from the ecu or will it show the donor cars mileage? Cheers

Yeah i'd say it's the same. I thought maybe if the door panel was removed the lock could just screw out and a new one put in but using the same barrel so you dont need to change the key??

My first cold start up of the day is with a fairly big puff of grey looking smoke. Its also not the quickest to fire up, i turn the key three times before starting for the glow plugs to heat up properly. Any ideas whats causing this? CTS? cheers

Passenger one is the same, thankfully got my fob communicating with the car again but if it ever dies ill be in trouble. Can you just change the door latch inside the door to fix this issue? My interior light wont come on with drivers door either so guessing its all in this latch set up? cheers

Went to open the car today with the fob and it wouldn't open. My main problem though is with the key, it was just unlocking the drivers door and not the rest or not deactivating the alarm so when i opened the door the alarm was going off. Eventually after a good few tries it opened all doors and...

As above, have done a search but can't find what im looking for. Just wondering if its a worthwhile drop, the a4's are serious monster trucks. Particularly interested in avants but like to see either

It's not the fluid anyway its dead on the max mark. Any ideas how i can check the belt etc or is it a job for the mechanic? cheers

Yeah ive tapped the stslk button, held it and played about. Surely you aren't able to turn the fuel gauge off and it would override it being off?

Cheers for all your help aragorn, but excuse my stupidity over the cooling system. But if the coolant was at 90 and the needle says 90 but the ecu says 80 would that not be the sensor giving off the wrong info? Thanks again

That was quicker on the way home today, i got to carry a bit more speed. I got into the on board diagnostics in the climate control and went to no49 for temperature and interestingly when the gauge reached 90 the onboard said 79 and didnt go over 80c. I assume thats what the fuelling from the...

just doesn't seem right to me, but maybe that's just the nature of the beast. Pretty sure they wouldn't have done that from the factory, so something must have changed.

And have you changed the stat at all to see if that was the cuase or have you just let it be? I just feel on my commute each day which is 17 miles each way , if the car doesn't get up to temperature im just using excess fuel which defeats my purpose of having a diesel.

Thats what i thought. Even though its in the closed position when its cold it can still be goosed? and still should heat up considering how cold it is outside? Cheers for your help, saves me a bit of messing about putting the wrong parts in.

So thats definitely not normal on these cars? The stat is fairly new and was in the closed position, but i suppose they can fail still at a yong age

My car has taken 17 miles of 30-50mph driving to reach 90c, then i stopped at traffic lights and it dropped to 85c or so. Removed the stat yesterday and it was closed whilst cold and was very recent looking. Could this be the cts or is it just likely to be the cold weather and the viscous fan...

Suppose that's a good start.... ill check after work and post back. I was thinking something serious before checking the small things. Thanks man

This is a strange problem with my steering. First noticed it going round a round-about at constant speed with steering wheel in same position and i felt the wheel get light then heavy then light again etc... Then parking at work this morning i had to wait for someone to park on front of me and...

Thats what i thought, it's 100% dead. Do you know how to sort the backlight issue?

Is it worth removing cluster then and looking for a wiring issue behind it? What sort of places repair this type of thing, not a normal autospark is it? cheers