Volkswagen Passat parts reviews

Replacement of upper strut mount indeed took care of the clunking issue we had with the car.

I finally got religion and examined my latest oil change. No compliant oil for me at Walmart, Autozone, Advanced auto parts Last try NAPA auto little dinky grease pit hole in the wall. What\u2019s this? Liqui Moly, speaks German sold!

Only after 3 months replaced with Yokohama Advan Sport A/S.

Current review on them is:

Dry pavement: A+ (I can take turns like a race driver on bare pavement and still feel safe)

Wet Pavement: B (Only problem I’ve had starting aggressively is on wet pavement with road markings on them, seems good on corners and doesn’t hydroplane on really wet pavement, but loses traction with hard braking on very wet pavement)

Roughish Roads: A- (my car has low clearance and low profile tires but got by easily on FS roads with medium rocks and being careful. It gets the minus because after driving 75 miles on semi rough FS roads and getting back to pavement, I pulled to the side of the highway and had a metal chunk lodge into the sidewall ruining the tire)

In our 2003 1.8T Passat, we use; Pennzoil Platinum Full Synthetic High Mileage 5w-30. Changed every 4000 miles. Because we made the change early, we have not had and engine oil sludge problem. The Passat now has 205k miles.

At 176,000 KM there has only been one issue. Fuel pump! It was covered under warranty. No issues at all with timing chain or related parts. Nothing else at all.

Im replacing mine soon...though since switching to 5-40 oil (as per recent VW specs) my oil consumption is far less than before.

I have a red top in my 4 motion b6 Passat. I have not had any electrical issues. As long as the optima matches or exceeds the oem battery cca you’ll be fine.

B5/5.5 alternators come from two vendors, Bosch and Valeo. I've heard they're not interchangeable because of different pulleys.

I took out the injectors and got a good look at them and they were gummed up, carbon caked and in horrendous shape, their spray patterns were like a straight stream. It was obvious at this point that they were the culprit.

the plugs are brand new Bosch Double Platinum.... so then I went out, put them back in and was still a biotch to start....