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VAG Specialists in or around Chester?
McLannahan - 12/7/09 at 11:30 AM

My Father has an issue with his 04 TDi Passat and doesn't want to spend silly money having VAGCOM plugged in at the dealer to find out it's a pennies part (hopefully!)

Can anyone recommend a VAG specialist near or in Chester that he could take his Passat to? It's displaying the emissions indicator on the dash computer every once in a while but I'm hoping the cause will be logged!

Thanks all

Michael

mookaloid - 12/7/09 at 11:48 AM

You can get plug in ODBII readers for little money or most independants will be able to read the codes I would think.

bassett - 12/7/09 at 11:56 AM

awesome gti? i know its up north but unsure where

deezee - 12/7/09 at 12:49 PM

There is an Audi Motorsport place in Ellesmere Port called RennTech. My boss has taken his diesel A4 there a couple of times. There is also Central VW Audi behind B&Q in Ellesmere Port.

Russell - 12/7/09 at 12:54 PM

Depends which side of Chester you want to travel to. There's Wilsons in Rhuddlan (near Rhyl), which is about 1/2 hour's drive away from the west side of Chester, not far off the A55. They've been doing VW's for ever and ever.

pgtips - 12/7/09 at 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by McLannahan
My Father has an issue with his 04 TDi Passat and doesn't want to spend silly money having VAGCOM plugged in at the dealer to find out it's a pennies part (hopefully!)

Can anyone recommend a VAG specialist near or in Chester that he could take his Passat to? It's displaying the emissions indicator on the dash computer every once in a while but I'm hoping the cause will be logged!

Thanks all

Michael


Can't help you ref a dealer sorry.
What kind of issues has he got with his car?

zilspeed - 12/7/09 at 05:43 PM

Sticky EGR valve is a likely cause.

I plugged VAG COM into a workmate's Passat TDI with an emmissions light coming on and that was / is the problem.

Giving it a kicking doesn't do any real good incidentally.

zilspeed - 12/7/09 at 05:43 PM

Sticky EGR valve is a likely cause.

I plugged VAG COM into a workmate's Passat TDI with an emmissions light coming on and that was / is the problem.

Giving it a kicking doesn't do any real good incidentally.

McLannahan - 12/7/09 at 08:14 PM

Thanks everyone - I'll pass that all on to him. Thanks too for possible solutions - valve sounds quite likely!

PG - Every once in a while the "Check Emissions" is displayed on the FIS on the dash. It's not a serious problem but annoying. Nothing else seems untowards, it's just that his local garage doesn't have the kit to diagnose.