Is "sludging" synonmous to "waterleaker" knee-jerk reaction ubiquitous  
amongst arm chair pundits?

Was the sporadic issue not aleviated once synthetic oil was required?   
My friends with Passats see no sludge in their engines, maybe due to  
regular maintenace and Mobil 1 in the crank case.  I know because I  
worked on those cars.

Chris.

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Dnia Apr 1, 2011 o godz. 14:46 Joe Luther <jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US>  
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> Stephen, I have friends who are VW techs, I hear everyone in  
> management
> calls their travel agents when a W8 comes in for service.
>
> I had a pampered 00 Passat with the 30v Audi V6, it was the end of my
> relationship with VWoA and the end of my flirtation with 'newer' VW's.
>
> Surf around on passatworld.com for a taste of the maintenance and  
> other
> expenses associated with ownership before doing more than dreaming.
>
> VW is supposed to be the people's car, the Passat is the rich  
> people's car.
> They are incredibly expensive to own.
>
> Also, watch the 1.8T, they have a serious issue with sludging in  
> that car
> that is not present in the transverse Golf/Jetta platform.
>
> That said, the B5 Passat is one of the best looking watercooled VW's  
> ever
> made, I sure wish they were less painful to own.
>
> HTH
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On  
> Behalf Of
> Stephen Grisanti
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 10:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Passat W8
>
> I knew about the W12 in the Phaeton, but did not know about this  
> engine or
> that it had been available in the Passat.  Now two of these cars  
> turned up
> at neighborhood lots a block apart. Both 2003, both pale metallic  
> green,
> both 4Motion, both manumatic, one a wagon with matching green  
> leather and
> the other a sedan with tan leather.  I looked up the engine and it's  
> two
> narrow-angle VR4s side by side.  Looks hellaciously complicated, but  
> they
> look like pretty nice cars.  Just dreaming.
>
> Stephen