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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: daniel-1986 on 29 October 2009, 23:50

Title: clutch question
Post by: daniel-1986 on 29 October 2009, 23:50

my clutch has started slipping wen the engine is warm, is this normal to show its coming to the end of its life, as i know the clutch does need doin this is my first car so wont kno if it is or not

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: Neo Badness on 30 October 2009, 12:50

Question would be when did you last have it changed?
Any service history?

If it is going to need to be replaced, I'd make sure you get the cable, release bearing and actual clutch replaced all the same time. Let it bed in over a few hundered miles and it'll be a different car.

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: daniel-1986 on 30 October 2009, 15:10

i dont know wen it was last changed as i bought the car 2 3/4 years ago  but the biting point is quite high,

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: Ninja on 30 October 2009, 20:24

Quote from: daniel-1986 on 30 October 2009, 15:10

i dont know wen it was last changed as i bought the car 2 3/4 years ago  but the biting point is quite high,

This is what happened to mine. The thing is with a clutch, they don't get progressively worse - they just slip for a while, then bang.. no clutch. Best to get it changed asap, and whilst you're at it get the clutch cable changed. I got an LUK clutch and a clutch cable fitted for £273+Vat. Now my car feels 10X better!  :smiley:

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: daniel-1986 on 30 October 2009, 22:25

i get paid next thursday anyway so gettin it done £140 supplied and fitted its only a 1.3

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: Jay on 31 October 2009, 10:34

That's damn cheap!  :shocked: Mates rates?

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: Ninja on 31 October 2009, 17:12

Quote from: vdublegend on 30 October 2009, 20:24

Quote from: daniel-1986 on 30 October 2009, 15:10

i dont know wen it was last changed as i bought the car 2 3/4 years ago  but the biting point is quite high,

This is what happened to mine. The thing is with a clutch, they don't get progressively worse - they just slip for a while, then bang.. no clutch. Best to get it changed asap, and whilst you're at it get the clutch cable changed. I got an LUK clutch and a clutch cable fitted for £273+Vat. Now my car feels 10X better!  :smiley:

And to add to that, I now have a major gearbox oil leak - groovy. I'm going straight back to the mechanics on Monday.

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: Neo Badness on 31 October 2009, 19:34

Quote from: vdublegend on 31 October 2009, 17:12

Quote from: vdublegend on 30 October 2009, 20:24

Quote from: daniel-1986 on 30 October 2009, 15:10

i dont know wen it was last changed as i bought the car 2 3/4 years ago  but the biting point is quite high,

This is what happened to mine. The thing is with a clutch, they don't get progressively worse - they just slip for a while, then bang.. no clutch. Best to get it changed asap, and whilst you're at it get the clutch cable changed. I got an LUK clutch and a clutch cable fitted for £273+Vat. Now my car feels 10X better!  :smiley:

And to add to that, I now have a major gearbox oil leak - groovy. I'm going straight back to the mechanics on Monday.

My mechanic managed to forget to put the bung back where the speedo cable goes resulting in a nice big puddle gearbox oil... He sorted it though.

Title: Re: clutch question
Post by: daniel-1986 on 08 November 2009, 13:30

turns out the gearbox seal had gone and leaking oil onto the clutch and reluctantly had to pay for a reconed box