VW Passat repair


+ 1. Ekspluatatsiiya of the car
+ 2. Maintenance
+ 3. Engines
+ 4. Cooling system
+ 5. Power supply system
+ 6. System of ignition
+ 7. Coupling
+ 8. Transmission
+ 9. Drive of forward wheels
+ 10. Suspension brackets
+ 11. Steering
+ 12. Brake system
+ 13. Wheels and tires
+ 14. Systems of heating, ventilation and conditioning
+ 15. Electric equipment
- 16. Body
   + 16.1. General information
   16.2. Care of a body
   + 16.3. Insignificant damages of a body
   16.4. Considerable damages of a body
   16.5. Moldings, facing of wheel niches
   + 16.6. Cowl elements
   16.7. Forward and back bumpers
   16.8. Forward cross beam of a body
   16.9. Forward wing
   + 16:10. Luggage carrier elements
   + 16:11. Elements of a back door (cars with a body the versatile person)
   16:12. Hinges and locks
   16:13. Elimination of jingle of doors
   + 16:14. Elements of a forward door
   + 16:15. Elements of a back door
   16:16. Internal rear-view mirror
   16:17. Central console
   + 16:18. Combination of devices
   16:19. The receiver with system of coding
   16:20. Glove box
   16:21. Dashboard
   + 16:22. Front seats
   + 16:23. Back sitting
   + 16:24. Seat belts
+ 17. Electric circuits



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Repair Volkswagen Passat B3-B4/Passat B3-B4>> Body>> Care of a body
Check of a condition of a body has to be regular. Otherwise corrosion of certain sites of a body can lead to its strong damage and, as a result, expensive repair. It is also important to pay attention to parts of the car inaccessible to an external look, for example, to the bottom, arches of wheels and the lower part of a motor compartment, and also the parts of a body hidden under an upholstery.

       NOTE
At work on care of a car body in order to avoid damage of its surface or details of finishing of salon it is desirable to use the medicines which are specially recommended for these purposes.

Basic element at care of a body is its sink. Dirt, salt or a bird's dung, getting on the body panel, can lead to tarnishing of a paint and varnish covering. Wash the car often and regularly (it is better if it occurs every week). Plentifully use water. Use a soft sponge or a soft brush for a wash of the car do not wash, in order to avoid damage, a paint and varnish covering with a water stream with a strong pressure.

       PREVENTION
At a sink of a body it is necessary to use the avtomshampun and detergents which are only specially intended for this purpose. Use of household detergents is strictly forbidden!

Wash away dirt from top to down, often rinsing a sponge. Wipe the car with the pure soft, not leaving fibers fabric. Do not wash and do not dry the car in the sun: medicines under the influence of direct sunshine dry before put therefore on a paint and varnish surface there are stains.

       NOTE
After a wash of the car because of humidity efficiency of action of brakes decreases. It is recommended to dry brake disks short-term pressing a brake pedal in a start of motion.

Purely washed up and dried up varnish covering needs to be processed every 3 month the preserving means to protect the surface of the car from atmospheric influences by creation of a water-repellent wax layer.
The flowed-out fuel, oil or lubricant, and also brake fluid in order to avoid damage of a paint and varnish covering need to be removed at once.
Regular processing by preservatives of gloss and protective polishes promotes long preservation of gloss of a paint and varnish covering. If water does not gather in drops, and spreads on a surface, process surfaces repeatedly. There is also other possibility of protection of varnish coverings — by means of the washing preservatives. However the washing preservatives provide reliable protection of varnish coverings only in case are used at each wash of the car or at least, than in 2–3 weeks.
After use of the washing (foam-forming) means additional processing of a surface is recommended by polishes and preservatives of gloss.

       NOTE
Do not process the surface of the car under direct beams of the sun.

Polishing of a varnish surface is necessary only in case the surface faded owing to insufficient leaving, influence of dust, harmful gases, weather conditions, in the investigation of what it is not possible to restore its gloss usual preservatives.
It is not necessary to apply chemically active polishing means, despite previously good results.
Before polishing the car needs to be washed up and to dry up carefully.
Polishing needs to be carried out by small sites in order to avoid premature drying of polish. After processing of a surface it is necessary to carry out by some polishing means additional preservation. Polishing in the open sun is forbidden.

       NOTE
It is impossible to process opaque varnish surfaces the preserving and polishing means.

Pitch quickly destroys varnish coverings and to remove it completely very difficult. Delete fresh spots of pitch with the soft rag moistened in flushing gasoline. Try to use usual gasoline, white spirit or turpentine only in case of emergency. Pitch spots well are removed by means of varnish preservatives — in this case the wash of the car is not required.
Insects or a bird's dung contain substances which can lead to damage of a paint and varnish covering if quickly not to remove them. Insects or a bird's dung can be washed away the weak warm soap or washing solution or by means of special means.
The drops of construction materials which got on a body are washed away by slightly warm solution of neutral detergents. At the same time it is not recommended to press strongly the applicator or fabric because of risk to scratch a varnish covering. After cleaning of a surface it is necessary to rinse this place with clear water carefully.
Plastic details, seats from imitation leather, a headlight, and also the details having opaque or black coloring wash with water with addition of special detergents or special structures. Plastic details if necessary can be processed special cleaners. Do not use solvents or gasoline at all.
Wipe glasses with pure soft fabric or special napkins from the internal and outer side. At strong pollution it is possible to use alcohol including nashatyrny, and warm water, and also special means for purification of glasses. At a sink of a windshield it is necessary to lift screen wipers up.

       NOTE
If brushes were removed from levers of screen wipers and the lever is in the lifted situation, it is necessary to be the screen wiper lever, extremely attentive because of danger of blow to glass.
Do not purify glass the silikonosoderzhashchy means intended for cleaning of paint and varnish coverings. At work, the silikonosoderzhashchy aerosols connected with dispersion, glasses need to be closed a cardboard or other materials.


Rubber a sealant it is necessary to strew periodically with talc or to spray silicone аэрозолью. It will keep their elasticity and will exclude a scratch when closing doors. It is possible to eliminate unpleasant sounds, having wiped the adjoining surfaces with liquid soap.
Light-alloy rims demand leaving, especially in cold season. For care of disks use special means for cleaning of rims. Do not apply active, acidiferous, silnoshchelochny and rough cleaners at care of disks and do not wash disks with the water having temperature over +60 °C.
Wash seat belts with weak alkaline solution, without removing them. Do not subject belts to dry cleaning which can cause destruction of fibers. Belts with automatic winding should be twisted in the dried-up state, if necessary using for their best sliding special an aerosol. It is not recommended to dry belts at a temperature over 80 °C and in the open sun.
You brush fabric seats the vacuum cleaner or rigid. Clear strongly polluted seats dry foam or special means. If necessary process fat and oil spots pure gasoline or stain remover. Do not pour cleaner directly on fabric. The spot is removed by a wipe it on a contour from edge of a spot to the center. Other pollution can be removed, using slightly warm soap water.
At the long parking under direct sunshine leather sitting and head restraints it is necessary to protect from burning out. For this purpose slightly wipe leather surfaces with slightly damp soft fabric so that not to wet skin and seams. Then wipe with dry soft fabric the dried surface. Delete strong pollution by means of the refined detergents without lighters (2 tablespoons on 1 l of water). Fat and oil spots are removed easy dabs with pure gasoline. Washed up leather sitting it is necessary to process antistatic and after drying carefully to wipe pure and soft fabric. Such processing it is recommended to spend each 6 months.
Before installation of rugs be into place convinced that they are dried completely up.