Passat pass

[Tony]

I'm surprised it passed the MOT, it has a crack developing on the windscreen so I wanted it tested before forking out for the windscreen excess to see if anything else needed doing.

Advisories are on tyres, offside front wheel bearing and slight deterioration in brake lines.

The windscreen crack is in the wiper swept area but apparently because it doesn't obscure the view of the road this is OK.

He did say that it stank like a chip shop but was surprisingly low on the emissions test

[greasemonkey]

Tidy, always nice when it goes through pretty simple.

I've never quite fathomed out the exact rules with cracks in windscreens. I thought it was pretty clear cut, but it seems that there is a bit of tester discretion allowed.

If he's going to pass it this time, you may as well leave it as it is till next MOT.

[oakwoodtv]

Number two sun took the seres 2a land rover for an MOT last week it was smoking and stinking the garage out
the examiner remarked it would not pass an emissions test

Because of its age its a visual test only but my lad asked him to put it on the emissions tester the chap was amassed
that it passed its marvelous what B100 can do.

[Julian]

Good news, well done.

When you get a pass, it eases the pain of spending 50 Quid!

[Jamesrl]

Good news, well done.

When you get a pass, it eases the pain of spending 50 Quid!

50 QUID! WHAT? They're only 35 round this neck of the woods.

[Julian]

That's on motor cars.

The horse drawn vehicles and hand carts prevalent in you part of the world are probably cheaper.

[Jamesrl]

The horse drawn vehicles and hand carts prevalent in you part of the world are probably cheaper.

Ye' maybe but we get fertiliser and a decent cooking fuel, once dried, for free.

[1958steveflying]

How big is the crack in the screen ?
    In the A zone it has to be contained within a 10mm circle or the rest of the swept area contained within a 40mm circle.

[Tony]

It's getting longer - it's starts from the bottom offside slightly inboard from the corner and cuts up and across.  The tip of it extends 10mm into the bottom of the swept area, but I'm sure it'll carry on.

I suspect windscreen excess will need to be paid on this eventually.

The other odd thing this car does is groan/clunk from the offside when braking into left hand bends, but the MOT test didn't show anything other than the bearing on that side has slight play.  I was rather hoping they would find something for me to change to make that go away!

[RichardP]

The other odd thing this car does is groan/clunk from the offside when braking into left hand bends, but the MOT test didn't show anything other than the bearing on that side has slight play.  I was rather hoping they would find something for me to change to make that go away!

Change the wheel bearing, going into a left hander will load up the offside bearing so if it's on its way out it will let you know.

[greasemonkey]

Aye, the wheel bearing. Are they roller tapers on passats? I didn't think they were, but could be wrong. I'm surprised it got passed with any play in it at all.
It could howl it's guts out with no play at all any how, so it doesn't make much difference.

[Tony]

I'd be delighted if it was the bearing (no idea if roller or not).  I've had cars make some decided unexpected noises in the past with upper ball joints, things you wouldn't expect; even had a mate leaning out of the window when driving to identify the noise without working out what it was.  So if it's the bearing then good times.  I keep reading horror stories some have posted about how the rack can work its way loose so I'm hoping nothing like that

Also had a random few minutes of going into limp mode yesterday (cleared by stopping and starting the engine, and it's not done it since), so I've ordered an EOBD reader to see what's what.

[1958steveflying]

Aye, the wheel bearing. Are they roller tapers on passats? I didn't think they were, but could be wrong. I'm surprised it got passed with any play in it at all.
It could howl it's guts out with no play at all any how, so it doesn't make much difference.

It will be a one piece bearing with roller bearing in each end.

[RichardP]

This is the kit http://www.eurocarparts.com/search/628440720/p/home

Don't know what that make is like though.

[1958steveflying]

This is the kit http://www.eurocarparts.com/search/628440720/p/home

Don't know what that make is like though.

FAG is a good brand and as you can see comes with all the bolts needed to do the job properly.