The "What did you do to your B5 passat today" thread...

Mozambiquer

Vendor , w/Business number
Joined
Mar 21, 2015
Location
Versailles Missouri
TDI
2004 VW Touareg V10 TDI, 2012 Audi Q7 V6 TDI, 1998 VW Jetta TDI. 1982 VW Rabbit pickup, 2001 VW Jetta TDI, 2005 VW Passat wagon TDI X3, 2001 VW golf TDI, 1980 VW rabbit pickup,
Researched how to spend more money on my wagon... [emoji23]

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afarfalla

Veteran Member
Joined
Nov 6, 2006
Location
sugar land tx
TDI
05 Passat sedan and 05 wagen
bearing or race welded itself to the TC shaft, oil pump went?. 2 months ago a rebuilt ZF thru VW was $2700, now its $3300, I bought a 2011, F150, regular cab, 5.0L V8 with 58000 miles for $5K didn't make any sense to drop another 3K into the passat.
 

1.9glstdi

Veteran Member
Joined
Jan 13, 2010
Location
J-vill,FL
TDI
2005 passat waggon BHW PD
Just replaced vacuum lines and N75 to clear up a code and limp mode 0299 I believe.
New mirrors, timing belt, water pump, thermostat, door lock modules, tinted windows, uniden r3 mirror mounted with power ran from fuse box, next on the list is to replace the crappy aftermarket headlights with oem and hid kit, and replace the tailgate actuator. 219k and counting
 

1.9glstdi

Veteran Member
Joined
Jan 13, 2010
Location
J-vill,FL
TDI
2005 passat waggon BHW PD
installed new oem style headlights with 55w hid kits(I removed the 173 relay to disable DRL) I can see the road now.
 

Passat'n Adventure

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 17, 2013
Location
Augusta, GA area
TDI
05 Passat GLS Wagon - Deleted and 5 speeded '15 Passat SEL P
Had my joy of the wagon renewed by vwztips. At 423K miles, it was time to get timing belt done when a coolant/oil leak parked the car (tandem pump). While in his care, it was determined that the cam was at the end of its life also. I figured it was a fluke that I had not had it changed yet, but it was getting noisy. I did not realize how much noise it was until I got the car back. This is my daily driver with over 100 miles a day - and it feels brand new (motor mounts and one tranny mount helps too!). Thank you vwztips!!
 
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