Hey. Strangely enough, http://www.myturbodiesel.com/forum/f5/1998-b5-passat-tdi-one-2-stateside-2881/ here is someone who happened to find one of only two Passat TDI of that type in the US. They didn't come back until 2004 with a different engine. So while they're very rare here they must be a dime a dozen in Ireland, no blarney 