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Title: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 20 May 2011, 10:58: Mk3 golf GTi ABF

When engine is off: I CAN change gear with gear stick, I can change gear with clutch pressed down.

When engine is on: When i press clutch pedal down, I cant get a gear. If i force it, it clonks in a gear and make a juddering sound (sounds awefull).

When car is turned off, i put the car in gear with the clutch pedal down, then i start the car and its wont start, it turnes over a few times, like i havent got my foot on the clutch.

Clutch pedal has stiffness to it like it has had since owning the car.?

Edit: in bold.. sorry didnt read back

Can anyone diagnoise this problem, any more info let me no, and i will provide it.
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: Wayne on 20 May 2011, 11:01: Yep sounds like the clutch has gone, might be worth bleeding it 1st.
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 20 May 2011, 15:38: Clutch was fine up untill yesterday, no slipping or anything. milage is 184k I have full service history up till 130k , and personall history up untill 174k, no mention of the clutch being changed in there. Car has been looked after, all vw parts. I only presume it was a company car in its earlyer days and did alot of motorway miles in which i belive a clutch can last along time. So could be original in there. But like i said, I have had no signs of the clutch wearing out/slipping...
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: danny_p on 20 May 2011, 23:58: it not disengadeing fully bleed it
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 21 May 2011, 01:47: Quote from: danny_p on 20 May 2011, 23:58
it not disengadeing fully bleed it

So i should bleed it first before going for a new clutch kit your saying?
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: Wayne on 21 May 2011, 09:20: Quote from: scott_GT on 21 May 2011, 01:47
Quote from: danny_p on 20 May 2011, 23:58
it not disengadeing fully bleed it

So i should bleed it first before going for a new clutch kit your saying?

Yes worth a try.
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 21 May 2011, 11:07: What is the easiest way to do this. I done two years at college studys plumbing, so i have basic knoledge on bleeding pipes but i supose its different in the car world??
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 21 May 2011, 20:25: Took a vid today, havent done any bleeding yet, but before i try anything i though a video might help.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/piFHxCwx7sQ
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: Diamond Hell on 22 May 2011, 11:16: Bleeding it isn't complex, get a hose on the bleed nipple, with a jar on the end of it, and make sure there is plenty of fluid in the reservoir. now open the bleed nipple as a glamorous assistant pushes the pedal down. Do bubbles come out? If they do keep going until they don't. If they don't clear then the seal in the master or slave cylinder is gone. If there aren't any and you just get clear fluid your clutch may be shot.
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: scott_GT on 22 May 2011, 20:12: Well we bled the clutch today, At first some air was coming on, then after about 5 cycles of . Undoing nipple/ Footdown on clutch/ Close nipple clutch up. The air stopped coming out, then did another 5 and was just pure fluid coming out. Is this a significant amount of times to bleed a clutch? If so i take it i can rule that out, and it must just be a f**ked clutch?
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: Damon1991 on 29 May 2011, 23:42: i believe it should be -> foot down on pedal / undo nipple / close nipple / release pedal and so on :)
Title: Re: Has my clutch gone???
Post by: sharki786 on 31 May 2011, 00:14: ive got same prob as yours and mine is an anniversary aswel lol. but mine is the 8v. going to get a new cable. but funny thing is mine dont jump like that when in gear trying to start it. :undecided: