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Replying to: tditoronto (Oct 29, 2008 8:48 pm) Have you had any other trouble with your TDI?
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Replying to: tditoronto (Oct 29, 2008 8:48 pm) |
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Replying to: tditoronto (Oct 29, 2008 8:48 pm) The last clutch job that I watched, the guy had 230,000 miles and had done a host of things to his car, suspension upgrades: struts, shocks, springs, front and rear sway bars, lower profile tires, expensive rims, chipped, two upgrades of nozzles.... I am probably leaving a bunch of key things out. If he was not approaching 275# ft (from 155 # ft) I would be surprised. The bottom line is we were standing there and he asked me if he should do the clutch (as he had the V6 upgrade at home). I had ridden with him and got a sense of how he drove and treated the car and told him flat no. Wait till he got clutch chatter/slipping and or both.(It should be fairly obvious just his power options seriously out powered his clutch) However I also said to him that if the clutch is pulled to check the condition, it was actually then marginally to way (depending on condition of course) cost effective to put in the NEW one. Curiosity I think got the better of him and he went back home to get the upgrade. When the clutch was pulled, it easily could have gone another 200,000 miles (430,000 total) . We just busted up at the projection and scenario we had discussed before the dismantling. The guru who was doing the job concurred. So the clutch (upgrade) was installed. He was a happy camper before, but I think because he could NOW use his power upgrades with more abandon, a happier camper AFTER. To answer your question, you really have a couple of choices. The best would be to get on www.tdiclub.com. A vendor I trust is Bleachedbora who sells clutchs/flywheel/throwout bearings. Email him if you have questions. An upgrade (V6) is at $375. shipped. Look to get the service (clutch job) at a local GTG. We are talking less than $725. all tolled. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 30, 2008 4:23 am) |
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Replying to: mariobgoode (Oct 28, 2008 5:36 pm) So, now that 15 weeks have passed, I'm waiting. I may take some advice I read on this thread and go to the dealer and look at their list of cars that are on the way.
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Replying to: tditoronto (Oct 29, 2008 8:48 pm) If you need to know the price to replace clutch ... CALL SEVERAL SHOPS and ask for estamates. This is such a rare occourance on VWs that you may not get much from asking on the internet. A properly-treated clutch on a TDI should last for over 200K miles. Heck - one does not even need to touch the throttle when starting off from a dead stop. As for your xmission, I can tell you that a VW manual xmission can EASILLY go over 200,000 miles. There should be no need to do anything but replace the synthetic fluid in the xmission with ONLY factory-recommended . (or RedLine MTL). I have never even HEARD of a VW xmission wearing out. (And I have owned many VWs over the years.)
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Replying to: bpeebles (Oct 28, 2008 6:04 pm) |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Oct 31, 2008 3:22 pm)  Manual transmissions usually give warning signs (except under abuse) long before they fail completely. I drove a manual transmission over 30,000 miles with a bad input shaft bearing once before I got tired of the noise and replaced it. 
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| Thanks to all with comments regarding the tires, I will definately look into the Nokians (never heard of them before). My current tires seem ok in the snow (light snow so far), but I will have them replaced before the winter season begins. | |
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Replying to: siberia (Nov 02, 2008 7:36 am) As for how it sounds / feels, it is restricted to feel...there are no related sounds. I'm easy on the clutch. I never ride it, and it is almost fully engaged before I start to push the accelerator. However, just recently, I'm noticing that as I'm starting to push the accelerator, the clutch is slipping. It shudders, but there is no sound. I can feel it through the pedal, through the seat of my pants. Another thing that it is starting to do occurs as I'm accelerating onto the highway from an onramp, usually in 3rd or 4th gear. It doesn't happen all the time, but there is a momentary lack of power, or so it seems. I've decided that either the clutch is slipping and allowing the engine to rev slightly without the related additional momentum that you would expect, OR the engine alone is experiencing power loss. Could the turbo be dieing? The dealer mistakenly diagnosed it as the cause of a noise at around 100,000 miles, so I ended up getting a new turbo under warranty. It only has 50,000 miles on it. Too many of these things are happening within days of each other. The clutch is obviously wearing, so I'm reluctant to assume that the turbo could be going at exactly the same time. On top of it all, the coolant hoses split about a week ago, and within hours of that happening, the front suspension started creaking as if it had no lubricant on it. I assumed that maybe the leaking coolant disolved the lubricant on the suspension. The mechanic noticed my suspension bushings were worn, so they replaced those, along with the coolant hoses. Unfortunately, after a few hours of silent suspension, the creaking noise came back louder than ever. If I fix all this stuff, I'm probably going to be $3,000 in the hole, and keeping the car for another 150,000 miles 
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