Need some advice B6 PASSAT owner.

[Martin]

I don't have paddle shift on steering wheel. So what do u think power trans could hold? When got the Apr tune they never done on the tiptronic on dsg so not sure what could hold

I would expect it to handle an APR stage 2 tune - just don't tow a boat and get carried away

[passat08]

Nah won't be towing anyrhing. Do u get much body roll? Looking at sway bars for mine but not sure which yo get etc also the control arms help aswell?

[Unkonwn_User]

There is nothing unusual about this at all - however it's more common on tuned cars

Just check your exhaust exit, put your finger in and touch the side
If it's dry soot you are fine - if it's wet slime your engine is tired and has some blow by (needs a rebuild)

I ran the car fully warmed up on 4500 rpm + for around 20 minutes and the big plumes of smoke is HEAVILY reduced. I think it would have been the exhaust build up from the previous owner never ever accelerating to redline (family man who barely drove anything but highways).

The car is at Quickspede Mechanics North Sydney.

Ive noticed the idle is a bit louder than I would like.. Is this common too sounds a little like it has no oil, I check the oil once a week due to this?! I had a Nissan S15 before with Variable cam's that would make similar sounds... So im worried its something Cam related. He is going to do the 120 000k's service and check the engine noise today... Probably will bring up the Valve cleaning as well but im going to give that a miss and shop around.

[brad]

You can hear the injectors rattling away at idle. maybe it's this?

[Unkonwn_User]

UPDATE:

The mechanic said there is a definite noticeable top end noise. A tick that comes and goes (as I noticed).

He said theres no error codes and he doesn't know what it could be without opening up the head which is 1K+ and will be adding a high quality oil + viscosity additive to see if it goes away.

My question is, is this a common thing on the 2.0T? its a louder idle tick than you'd expect from a german car. He said he doesn't reckon it would be a cam follower. Its not a injector type noise. Its a strange top end ticking.

There was also a small oil leak and noticeable dodgy idle from the carbon build up (my power and fuel economy is still good so ill leave it). Other than that nothing.

Ill probably take it to my own mechanic for the 120000k's major service and get him to do a compression test while we're at it.

Appreciate any contributions on the possible cause for the noise? Passat guru's!

[brad]

Was the cam belt done at 105,000km? Did they do the water pump & the pullies at the same time?

It might also be the cam follower for the HPFP. That's a common issue for that model

Just use high quality oil 504.00/507.00 spec (Mobil1, Fuchs, Motul, Shell Helix Ultra Extra, Penrite Eviro+). Skip the viscosity additive - you really don't need it. If the oil is really filthy you might consider using some engine flush before the next change, then change with 502.00 & change it again after 5,000km to 504.00 to get any sludge out & give the galleries a good clean.

[OilBurna]

Valvoline to VW spec on special at repco


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[Unkonwn_User]

Was the cam belt done at 105,000km? Did they do the water pump & the pullies at the same time?

It might also be the cam follower for the HPFP. That's a common issue for that model

Just use high quality oil 504.00/507.00 spec (Mobil1, Fuchs, Motul, Shell Helix Ultra Extra, Penrite Eviro+). Skip the viscosity additive - you really don't need it. If the oil is really filthy you might consider using some engine flush before the next change, then change with 502.00 & change it again after 5,000km to 504.00 to get any sludge out & give the galleries a good clean.

Yep major services have been done!

Off topic. Wont name the shop to abide by forum rules but they are in North Sydney on Pacific Highway calling themselves a Prestige mechanic.... They charged 600+ for a CV plastic boot changed and an oil change. AVOID. Better priced mechanics out there. Will never ever take my car there again and will also stop my family from going there that have been taking there VAG cars.