Volkswagen Passat engine problems

engine problem

6.0

fairly significant

Typical Repair Cost:

$300.00

Average Mileage:

73,000 miles

Number of complaints:

1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. both overhead valve cover gasket replaced (1 reports)

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

problem #1

2008May 05

Passat GLX 2.8L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 73,000 miles

Was surprised to find out that my car had a overhead valve cover gasket failure. first found oil in sparkplug well then a month later a significant amount of smoke started coming from under the hood at all times from oil leaking onto exhaust manifold.

roger2texas

Waco, Texas, USA

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