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The last time I reported on my 2008 Passat B6 estate I wrote about a common 2.0-litre 140bhp TDI malady – namely poor hot start. This can be due to a number of things, including a lazy starter motor not spinning the engine over quickly enough, the wrong battery, or – as in my case – a duff camshaft position sensor. A replacement was duly fitted and the problem solved. I’ve still got

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