Passat Noise

EddieVed

I opened the bonnet today and theres a noise coming from this part of the engine, ( with the red circle) its like its leaking air or something , making a flapping noise, any ideas?, It seems to be low on coolant as well - would that be related to the problem?

kildarelad

its the air inlet flap their on an electronic motor and give serious trouble on the 2.0 litre tdi engine.Thye are nearly 300 to buy new and can be bought for half that from a breaker you just need to know what make yours is most are siemens

EddieVed

cheers, mine is the 1.9TDI - thats serious cash for what it does. Will try a local breakers and see what they have.

George Dalton

It's not electric on your car.

kildarelad

As George said yours is not electric if its the 1.9tdi model i thought yours was a 2.0 litre.Its possible that a pipe has come off or its gunked up with carbon either way you would notice the car down on power.

EddieVed

Thanks George, noticed that today when I had a closer look - would it be a seal or would the whole unit be gone, the distinctive sound is around the 13sec mark on this video

EddieVed

thanks Kildare lad, its down a bit on power - lumpy idle as well, that may be the reason.