Dave2302

what was it, oh yeah ............................... More pricks than a second hand dartboard

So am I

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The first thing I'd try before wasting money on Oil etc is read the bloody thing on VAG Com, and then, being a VW, whatever you estimate it's repair cost to be double it for all the grief and aggro even a "simple" job will turn out to be ......................... Oh yes, I love VAG products NOT

All Jaguars leak oil, they aren't right if they don't Seriously, as others have said, kick him in the nuts and trade it or SOR it and you'll earn at least a monkey out of it Back in their heyday I used to earn a fortune out of selling old Harry Rags to borderline villains / wannabe villains, they all loved an old XJ Jag !! I once flogged an old XJ Carburrettored V12 .............. Pink, to a proper wannabe gangster in the mid 1980's IIRC he was one of the Courtney brigade I'm sure in your old job you know the type I mean

LOL, now I agree with you, although thankfully I don't live on Northern Sky, Hebrides etc where they still do molest their kids and burn folk at the stake (/\ /\ /\ I'm sorta joking btw, especially the burning at the stake bit, that stopped a few years ago) BIG I used to co own a night club in Kent and you would not believe what went on there a lot of nights / mornings, (well maybe ya would)

Absolutely spot on 100% agree, XFS should take a look at the videos she did when she was younger ....................

He he he he

LMFAO btw I always said UK joining (what was then called the Common Market) was a bad idea, and today yep get the fuck outta there and stop propping up the bubbles etc etc bbtw I've seen far worse pictures of somebodys daughters filming acts in ladies toilets when pissed, all over FB

Jeez, I really don't give a fuck !! I'm getting pissed of with some of the silly bickering on here anyways If the "lady" in question didn't want all sorts of far lewder comments than mine then perhaps she should have thought about that before having that particular picture taken eh !!

I'd agree with that, been around the block a bit just like the Car That'd be like chucking a Saveloy up the Blackwall Tunnel

/\ /\ /\ This, well said !!

OK, well the dust has settled, mulling and decisions made over a Curry and a couple of Beers with Mel last night As a semi retired old git, the sole purpose of this business is to provide a locally unavailable good service to local folks, who's only other option is to do at least a 120 mile round trip to Inverness Dealerships, normally twice if it's gonna take more than a couple of hours, and also to fund our luxuries and my MB obsession project Cars I don't have many regular Customers with VAG junk, probably around 8. The Passat has gone home, guy well happy, he paid for all parts which stayed fitted to his Car, plus an extra 1 hour to fit the Wheel Bearing / Hub assy which wasn't on his original guesstimate, thankfully there was much other MOT work, so it was a big bill with plenty earned on the other aspects of the whole job !! Oh, and he also gave me a £20 drink tip when he settled up yesterday to boot I have swallowed the cost of a few hours wasted time, (probably around half a day or so in odd hours here and there between other jobs, I don't want to look back and add all that up Plus I have one Airbag Crash Sensor, identical part number but didn't work 'cos VW changed the internal and not changeable programming but retained the P/N Also I have a good used ABS Module to stash away and bin in a year or 2 or stick both on Fleabay, and I've returned 1 ABS Sensor that was wrong to ECP for a Credit, plus returned another wrong ABS Sensor and the wheel Bearing / Hub that wouldn't work has gone back to my regular Factors for credit. Although they don't usually pay labour, they have agreed to a goodwill gesture that I suggested for my own peace of mind mental attitude to it all ............... 2 Rechargeable decent Ring Hand Lamps which would have cost me around £80, (so cost them about half that), so all in all apart from a whole bunch of swearing, brain fry and stress it could have been a lot worse ............... Especially if it were a "darn sarf" Customer who had got the hump after a couple of weeks, (as they do), and just said "oh fuck it you keep the bloody Car" lol !! I would not have been able to retail it and get back my money, nor would I want to retail a tidy but 03 Passat Estate with moonshot mileage So, the Postie Lady wanted to pay me for time and wrong parts on her un fixed Skoda's front leccy Windows .................. I refused this, car is not yet fixed !! I always fix 'em in the end !! We sat down with a coffee and I explained it to her that VAG products are always the ones that give me this sort of grief, and if she wants to phone Skoda Dealer and sort out the part, she can bring it in, I'll strip the Door again and fit the part, if it's incorrect again she can pay me the time spent and go do all the time consuming phone calls, sending back parts etc until we get the correct part and fix it. All present and any future VAG Customers will get a coffee and the same quiet explanation, and terms of engagement OK so I lose a little "mark up" on a few parts, but on this VAG shite the job will just take a percentage longer in labour hours if you get my drift 1) They then have the choice, if they don't like it, go elsewhere and have all the messin' 2) I retain my semi sanity VAG products are now officially "Special Needs" in my book, shoulda done it years ago

Spot on !! Good Call

Couldn't agree more, lol if I had all the hours back that I have haemorrhaged on this shitty old Passat plus 1 or 2 of the parts that I can't get refunded now I'd be going away for a week all expenses paid At least I don't get twats like that, my customers know and accept it takes as long as it takes, it's me that has to chese them up to come and get their Cars, lol, I've got 3 outside that are waiting to collect, have phoned and left messages etc Well .................................. One of the Fat Tarts has sung .......................... Passat was left here on 30th Jan, now ready to go home, yup either a fault or wrong wheel bearing, I stood all 3 (old, new that doesn't work, and new that does work) on the bench, and fucked if I can see any difference But, yeah fitted the new Hub / Bearing assy that arrived this morning and its sorted. Skoda ................ Stripped door, wrong Motor / Module ................ According to Skoda Stealer the part number they gave me is correct for the VIN of this Car ................ Well, the lady bought it new from Skoda Inverness, and the Car hasn't been modified so why does the Part Number they gave me translate to a totally different Part that doesn't fit then ?? Fuck this, the nuts of it is this, she can take it away, no charge !! If she wants to go to VAG and buy a Motor / Module new, and supply me with it I'll do it, and if it's wrong one again she can pay me the time taken up, if not it / she can go elsewhere. I am seriously considering putting up a sign, I will mull it over this weekend ................. "Absolutely No VAG Vehicles will be worked on in this Workshop" As far as I can remember over 43 odd years working on all sorts of Vehicles, the only fucking shit that has ever given me grief and ends up costing me money or time, (= money), is VAG Crap. Hitler knew when he was gonna lose the War, so he invented VW just to get his own back on us all I'd simply rather go out for the days than work on the junk.

Right, I'm off to fix (hopefully) these 2 shitters, will report back later

2003 Passat 3B3 ....................... Wheel Bearing arrived 6:00 am, plugged the sensor in the back, spun the Hub and lo and behold, I'm now seeing Wheel Speed on the right rear channel According to HMP there is only one Wheel Hub / Bearing assy listed, they have just sent me a replacement, so I'm guessing the first one they sent was dud !! Will fit it later today, after working on another of VW finest crap, (Skoda Window Module / Motor) Then we'll hopefully be rid of those 2 horrible bastards, if the fat lady doesn't sing now on these 2 I think I'll just adjourn to the Pub

Deal !! OK then so the question, we know it must have something to do with the Wheel Bearing or it's trigger, so is there more than one type of wheel bearing or have I just got a wrong 'un................ I cannot see a measurable difference in the teeth on the tone wheel so we'll just have to see what happens when I get the new new bearing in the morning and spin it up !! Just fitted a CV joint on a Citroen, local garage put a new driveshaft on it, guy drove off and the ABS Light came on, when he took it back they told him it had fuck all to do with them, anyway, it ends up at mine. It's reading half wheel speed of all the others !! Yep, must be 3 types of them, cos I got sent 2 types, both were different, but luckily the one that was the same as the nearside was one of the 2 they sent, fitted it, cleared codes, road test that's fine now That Skoda with no leccy windows just arrived to have a Motor / Module in RF door, we'll see how much aggro that pile of old VAG Crap gives me tommoz, I've fucking well had enough for today

Reading between the lines here the original fault was the wheel speed sensor, I got supplied the wrong one, still no speed on live data so I changed the bearing, still no speed signal ............... Like I said both sensors and bearings look identical In between this I made up a lead to connect the Left Sensor to right channel and by spinning left wheel i get speed at right channel, so that had narrowed it to sensor, or bearing 2 more speed sensors arrived, one was the wrong one sent back, then the one on it now still shows no speed. Now I try this sensor in the old bearing and get speed, so I'm going to just plug it into the latest bearing when it arrives tomorrow and spin by hand, before I even remove the bastard wheel !! If I get speed data then I'll fit it, if not I'll probably swear a lot and see how many bearings the stealers list for the fucker !! I can't charge the customer any extra for all this, but I've told the Factors I'm going to want more than just parts credit, I'll expect a few rechargeable lamps or somesuch at the very least !!

Well fuck me backwards with a broomstick, it isn't the sensor, it's now down to the (already replaced) wheel bearing, cos I fished the old bearing out from the bin and stuck the new sensor in it, spun it by hand and voila !! Wheel Speed registering in Data, stick new sensor in the bearing on the Car and no speed signal, bearing sizes, trigger etc all looks identical, so it's either a duff bearing or there is 2 different ones ................ According to Factors there is only one listed, they are sending me another on first Van, so I will do the hold it in hand and spin it test before fitting it Give me a fuckin' Mercedes any day over this VAG shit, that's all it is pure 100% shit !!

Hi apologies I've been very very busy and not on here much. Yes, what Nick says, I suspect Shifter but would want to confirm due to price, and if your Car is one of the MB's with no Steering Lock, then it will be a theft relevant (Immo) part and will need the right guy with SDS to program it, and you can't use a used one unless you virginise it first HTH, Cheers Dave What is 316740 ? Certainly isn't my phone number could be millimeters on a good day Head is in my SLK Electronics, am halfway through installing a Paddle Shift Steering Wheel with Buttons to control the Android, and it really isn't as easy as bolt on plug and play, have had to do a lot of reasearch and development plus find part numbers for a Clock Spring Steering Angle Sensor with more cores, correct wiring plugs, micro soldering the tiny switch circuit boards etc. The prototype system is working now, so another set of switches is on it's way to build the final finished product and fit it all on the Car All this in between a bunch of Customers Vehicles and a couple of Sales Preps, some of which had real "Bear" Faults, so I guess in 2 word summation .............. Fuckin' Busy

I actually use OEM on Land Rovers now, had so much grief, I'm probably going to do the same with all Bosch ABS Sensors in future, I've wasted so much time with this fucker now !!

Yeah but Nah but On this one they only had the one type, but yes, if there's a choice they send all the choices they have Used HMP first, then when I knew it was wrong and they didn't have the right one I got one from Euro, that too was the wrong one, then had one posted, now I have 3 wrong ones and waiting for the correct one to arrive via Postman Pat Now got a 2011 V8 Diesel Rangey Rover in with an intermittent KG Starting issue .............. And I've got my head in depth inside my Project Mercedes R170 and Android H/U Electronics modifying micro circuit MB Steering Wheel Buttons to work the Android H/U and also decided to retro fit Paddle Shifters while I'm at it

Hi, that's awesome, I've not seen that one, it is a later model though, they have more room in Engine bay Mine is the original R170, the biggest that will go in it without major major surgery is an M113 V8, but that will do nicely on my Car, it's already pretty damn quick with the M112 V6 Yeah, tell me about it, someone mentioned early on in this thread that there were 2 different sensors, look identical ............... At that point I asked my Factors, (should have known better), and they assured me that it was the correct part

Hi V busy right now, not here much, but yes and no, it's the wrong sensor I was supplied I'm pretty sure despite Factor twat insisting it's the correct sensor. I jumper wired the left rear to the right rear plug, spun left wheel and ABS Module is seeing right rear wheel speed, have since had 2 more sensors supplied that are wrong, waiting to be supplied the correct one The X5 was indeed a FUBAR Compressor, fitted a new one, all good and gone now Communmication Error was bad wire that had "come adrift" at back of diag socket !!