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Invest in a voltmeter, think mine only cost about a tenner, it's basic, but does the job nicely. Test the battery, just put the two probes on the battery terminals. With the engine off the meter should be reading 13+ volts, which means the battery is good. If the voltage gradually drops you have a d...

Sorry to be the bearer of potentially bad news. Sounds like the problem i had when my gearbox died!! I had trouble selecting first and reverse, it kangarooed in reverse and made a horrible whinning noise in all gears, although got less whiny the higher the gear. An easy check is to drain the oil out...

I recently aquired a '96 Passat estate which has a 1.9tdi 1Z engine and needs the timing belt replacing. I was wondering if anyone has the locking tools for the various cams, cranks and pumps that i could possibly borrow? I'm based in the Surrey/Sussex area around Horsham and Cranleigh. The tools wo...