2003 Passat 1.8t under the valve cover

[anderson]

Since you guys like the under valve cover pictures here you go !

2003 Passat 1.8t
360,997 miles (580968kms for us Canadians)
Replaced the plugs (denso) with some laser NGK
Also gave the valve cover a clean with oven cleaner
Since 25,000 miles this car has been run on rotella 5w40 and 0w40

 

[anderson]

Here's a under hood pic just because

 

[zorobabel]

Thanks for posting!
What does the chain at the back of the engine do?

 

[anderson]

It drives the intake cam

 

[maxdustington]

The 1.8T ain't so bad if you run a stout oil in it. I've seen a 10K KM UOA on 0W40 that looked pretty good.

The longitudinal were the notorious sludgers, too. 600k on the original motor and trans would be pretty impressive for a vehicle that [censored] off A LOT of normies at the turn of the century.

 

[anderson]

Yeah the b5 Passats wernt the best but this is the original motor and transmission. I inherited this car from a customer who passed away.
It's also always has a wix 51333 filter on it as well. I think the saying when it comes to filters "bigger is better and more is best eh"
Oci has always been 5k

 

[maxdustington]

I tried to put the upsized MANN on mine but the threads were different. I just put a Fram FPS 2870 or whatever size it is on just today, actually.

There's not much room for the oil filter on the transverse anyway. That filter would hang below the bottom of the bumper on my car.

 

[anderson]

Mann 940/25 is the upsized filter , yeah the 51333 wix wouldn't work on transverse cars very well lol. Not with the way my customers park anyways

 

[oldhp]

Nice lookin' engine, inside and out!!!

 

[demarpaint]

It looks like a very well maintained engine to me.

 

[ZZman]

Looks good

 

[RayCJ]

Looks "golden" to me! Much thanks for posting.

Ray

 

[i6pwr]

Wow....looks great for that mileage...thanks for posting.

 

[diyjake]

That is impressive for a passat, especially a 1.8t.

 

[atikovi]

Looks nice, too bad these cars aren't worth much anymore.

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted by anderson
It's also always has a wix 51333 filter on it as well. I think the saying when it comes to filters "bigger is better and more is best eh"


Dude..... even a Wix 51515 would be MORE than enough oil filter - for over 20,000 miles!

That monster 51333 would last 50,000 and still never even get close to having reduced flow or efficiency.

 

[KGMtech]

How many timing belt changes? I did mine 3x in the time I owned my 2004 B5.5. She's gone to the scrap yard since Feb 2018.

 

[PPWarrior]

You have taken care of the Passat.

 

[anderson]

At 7.21 dollars a piece from my wholesaler I use the wix 51333 just to up the capacity of oil I can put into these engines.
Originally Posted by KGMtech
How many timing belt changes? I did mine 3x in the time I owned my 2004 B5.5. She's gone to the scrap yard since Feb 2018.

We were doing the timing belts/water pump every 150k

 

[ALMSTT]

Love seeing this. My 225 how TT just got 170k miles and still on the original turbo, engine, and trans.

Is yours on the original turbo? If not when did you swap it?

Thanks for the info