Test drive Volkswagen Passat B5 1996 - 2000 sedan

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The embodied dream of an exemplary family man. Beautiful. Unpretentious. Reliable.
The first is by nature. The second and third - how lucky. And lucky is the one who is vigilant when buying.
Alex - Yustas
Take a look at me there, in Nemchin, a Passatist for a chervonchik one that has a muzzle with skiing. Preferably, shed. Dviglo, you know, is Ainshpritz-Motor, it seems, is called. Just look so that the chip is not trimmed. And check the compression in the third and fourth. And be sure to listen to the tank: if it buzz, do not take it. And buy not from grandfather, okay? For the house I will add to you.
Well, why not an encryption of Alex Yustas with the task to disrupt separation negotiations. Meanwhile, this is a normal business conversation with the customer with a distillation of the purchase of Volkswagen Passat cars in Germany. And to decipher it, it is not necessary to be a cunning muller. Contains a lot of useful information about the machine. Both for those who are already traveling on it, and for those who want to purchase it. We decipher.
The legend of grandfathers
Muzzle with skiing means that we are talking about Volkswagen Passat generation B-3, produced from 1988 to 1994. This model has a characteristic, only inherent front of it: the radiator is closed by a fairing from a shock -absorbing fiberglass - skiing, as it is called.
This Passat is incredibly popular in Russia. There are many of them at every kilometer, especially the station wagon - sheds. And not only to the people that a large and roomy is a real family car. It is also cheap enough for its class. Interestingly, the price of this model does not depend much on the year of release. Mostly from the configuration. And, of course, from the state.
The condition, by the way, is largely determined by the purchase site. The distiller should strictly indicate that he bought you a car in an auto -house, that is, in an official store. For the house you will have to pay $ 600-700, and this is just the case when the bargaining is inappropriate. Relieve yourself from many problems in the future. In Houses, the machine is checked in all respects and diagnosed on special equipment: diagnostics costs somewhere in $ 120-140.
Alas, a huge number of passats who come to Russia were bought from grandfather. What does it mean? And this is the legend: they say, even for a car and ten years, and it is beautiful, because all the time she stood in a warm garage with a neat German grandfather who, if she went on her, only to the church on Sundays. Often this is noodles on your ears. The documents will not say anything: with the modern development of printing in the West, how can I find out the truth? Very simple in a car bought from grandfather, as a rule, a chip is cut.
Attention: the chip is cut!
The chip is a group of electrical connectors (usually three of them) on the scenes of the checkpoint, to which diagnostic equipment is connected on the service. The cunning private sellers who want to hide the true state of the machine, the chips are cut off, and then it is very difficult to find the place of cutting; Sometimes for this you need to make out half a month. Diagnosis is impossible. Everything is hidden: engine diseases, errors in the operation of ABS, automatic boxes, lambda-zond, etc. Buying a car with a trimmed chip is buying a cat in a bag. Therefore, before unfastening the money to the distiller, drive the car to the service and find out at least the possibility of diagnostics. If the service computer shows you a large figure, you can safely show the deposit seller of the same size.
Does the gas tank buzz?
The Passat, like most German cars, has a very wide range of engines. The most common, most reliable and therefore the most beloved by the people is a 1.8-liter Ainshprings-motor. This is a gasoline engine, which has one injection nozzle (one syringe) for all cylinders. It is simple to identify it: the injection unit is very similar to the carburetor; Many confuse him with a carburetor.
All release engines of 1990-1991 General pathology: compression in the 3rd and 4 cylinders quickly falls. These cylinders are far from the pump and therefore are poorly cooled. Strong heating in combination with poor oil and gasoline contributes to the formation of soot and other deposits, which, among other things, clog the injection hole. Rinse the injector more often. This is an hour and a half on the service and about $ 70.
Listen to the fuel tank regularly. There is a submersible gasoline pump. Because of our dirty-water gasoline, he does not live for a long time. When the engine is turned on, attach your ear to the open bay neck: if you hear the buzzing, then the pump will soon fail. By the way, to extend his days, do not consume gasoline to the bottom.
So, the encryption a la Alex - we deciphered to Eustas. What else? In winter, until the car is warmed up, do not twist the steering wheel sharply: the spools do not have time to work in the amplifier, and the frozen oil squeezes the stitches of the steering rack.
Here, in fact, is the whole main specificity of the VW Passat generation B-3. The rest is on the service book. And remember that this machine does not like artisanal services. The service, of course, costs money (an average of $ 50 per hour), but in the end it costs cheaper than the services of garage kulibins.
Volkswagen Passat
Working engine of engine (cubic cub) 1781
Power (L. S. at about./Min.) 90 at 5250
Maximum speed (km/h) 172
Acceleration to 100 km/h (sec.) 14.2
Fuel consumption (l/100 km)
90 km/h 6.4
120 km/h 8.3
City cycle 11.2
VW Passat cars in Moscow
YEAR OF ISSUE
1990 $ 7.5-10.6 thousand.
1991 $ 8.2-11.0 thousand.
1992 $ 8.5-11.8 thousand.
1993 $ 9.0-12.7 thousand.
Prices for spare parts and consumables in Moscow
Brake pads per./Ass. $ 130/$ 65 (disk), $ 40 (drum)
Poster fuel pump $ 350
Fuel filter $ 20
Oil filter $ 8-10
Air filter $ 25
Filter of the stove (salon) $ 20-22
Farah assembly $ 240
Ski (see text) $ 440
Timing belt+tensioner clip $ 35+$ 50
Windshield $ 300
Candles $ 10
Clutch (disk+basket) $ 310+$ 18
Sergey Sorokin, Alexey Ilyin (photo)
 

Source: "Autopilot"