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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 TDI => Topic started by: postie on 17 October 2010, 20:25
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hi i have just been told that my dual mass fly wheel :huh: will need replacing soon as its making a noise by a mate who is a mechanic.
car is a 51plate with 132k on clock standard car, would like a bit more power but i think the fly wheel thing will cost a bit of cash which was for a r-tech remap.
first question what sort of price for the fly wheel and do i need anything else while it is apart?
second question is do i realy need a dual mass fly wheel or is there some thing else i could use which would not need one?
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Dual mass flywheels range in price from about £200 to around £400 depending on the make
Labour is the killing factor so whilst its apart you just as well replace the clutch otherwise you'll find yourself hit with two lots of labour
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5 speed or 6?
As i'm sure for the 5 speed there are other options like G60 flywheel
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Just thought, that may only be for the petrol engines :undecided:
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Just thought, that may only be for the petrol engines :undecided:
No you are right
the 5 speed derv engines can take the G60 clutch upgrade
Its the 6 speed dervs where it gets pricey :lipsrsealed:
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Fingers crossed for the OP that he has a 5 speed then.
As I seen the invoice when my brother had it done on my car under warranty, clutch and flywheel came upto about £800 ish including labour.
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Fingers crossed for the OP that he has a 5 speed then.
As I seen the invoice when my brother had it done on my car under warranty, clutch and flywheel came upto about £800 ish including labour.
That's about right
Dealers will charge in excess of a £1000 to fit OEM clutch and flywheel.
I paid £900 for my Sachs uprated one back in the day when you could get the clutch kit for under £500. Its well north of £600 these days I think :angry:
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These dervs can sometimes be a right pain in the crack :(
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thanks for cheering me up :cry:
lucky me i have a 6 speed so i can see a nice big bill coming my way
i will have to talk to my mechanic friend to see if he could do it maybe i should get him drunk this weekend and get to say he will do the labour free if i get the parts :grin:
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thanks for cheering me up :cry:
lucky me i have a 6 speed so i can see a nice big bill coming my way
i will have to talk to my mechanic friend to see if he could do it maybe i should get him drunk this weekend and get to say he will do the labour free if i get the parts :grin:
I'd go other way - get him to source the parts and you pay for the labour :wink: :grin: :grin:
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good idea
i will see if he can get them for trade price
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:grin: about getting him drunk for free labour.
Is your mechanic deffo sure it's your DMF?
There is an inspection plug you can pull out to, well I suppose inspect it somehow, can anyone else shed any light for the fella as to what to look for in the hole.
The inspection hole is, well if you look into the gap on the left hand side of your battery look all the way down and you may see a rubber plug you can pull out, sort of looks like the plug on a hot water bottle that is the inspection hole. It may not even have anything in the hole such as the said plug as mine doesn;t anymore as seems to have popped off and now lost.
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Just thought, that may only be for the petrol engines :undecided:
No you are right
the 5 speed derv engines can take the G60 clutch upgrade
Its the 6 speed dervs where it gets pricey :lipsrsealed:
Is this defo right for 5 speed tdi's? g60 clutch? and g60 fly? i feel its only a matter of time before i need to do something as i've had mine mapped today
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Well as Rhyso said the G60 fly may not be that brill with all the torque the tdi chucks out
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No way of inspecting flywheel properly without taking box and clutch out, :sick:
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Well there is an inspection hole that you can see from the top of the engine well to the right hand side of the engine bay but Toph was telling me that inspection whole is more for sorting the timing out as opposed to seeing if the DMF or clutch is fooked.
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Well there is an inspection hole that you can see from the top of the engine well to the right hand side of the engine bay but Toph was telling me that inspection whole is more for sorting the timing out as opposed to seeing if the DMF or clutch is fooked.
Yea, you can see the flywheel but only way of telling if its fooked is grabbing it and seeing how much play it has, when you rotate more than a couple of cm its fooked.