Cleaning the ISV

[Goops]

Cheers dudes,

Conker, yeah he is a sound geezer and I trust his judgement!
Guess its out hunting for a clutch then 

GSF ones meant to be poo (LUK), and sachs seem to cost an arm..any ideas what standard part from VW costs?
Gonna have to drive like a granny till i get this sorted methinks!

On a positive note, the speedo now works and i didnt drop the plastic cog in the oil 

[rubjonny]

reason sachs are more expensive apart from quality is they include everything you need, replacement pressure plate bolts, release plate, spring, spline grease etc.  LUK is usually just pressure plate & friction disc.  The pressure plate bolts are VAG only (so far as I have found) so price up a set of 6 o those on top of a LUK clutch and you'll see the sachs kit isnt quite as expensive as you thought

[Roverdose]

i can recomend black dimond clutches, had one for my rover, was pretty good! their disks are good too, avoid the pads tho 

[Goops]

Cheers John and Rover,

Any ideas where I can get the sachs clutch from?

Prices so far:
LUK - GSF: £80
Original Part - Dealer: £140
Black Diamond (from venom):£160
Sachs -??
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Add 4 hours labour: 45*4= £180

Goto weigh up the costs for this as I am not planning to do any "super performance mods" to the car in general so a standard part would suffice methinks!

Oh and anyone in and round the london area willing to do this for me would be worshiped with sacrificial beer and lunch  Hint Hint

[rubjonny]

www.vwspares.co.uk

[Mk2George]

Hey Goops, seriously mate if you have any mechanical incling and have the time you can do the clutch yourself. I was way scared of going anywhere near a job like that and now Ive done 3 - they arent bad at all!!

I was lucky enough to use one of the ramps here at work so your biggest issue is getting the gearbox out from under the car but apart from that they arent really a hard job, just time consuming.

[Goops]

Thanks John!

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=728
^^^
That looks the job, anything else I will need or should re-use?
What would you guys recommend between the sachs and the factory VW one?

George I would love to attempt this but the car is my daily driver to work etc and doing approx 300 motorway miles weekly!
Wish I had the luxury to take her off the road, atm everything has to wait for the weekend - with a gurantee of having the beast running by Monday Morning!

The car runs ok (unless I try peg it hard) but i can sense it will get proggresively worse..
Will ask the mechanic for a quote..

[rubjonny]

thats the one, only thing I recommend you do before you buy is check the gearbox code, to verify it actually is the original KR one.
The kit has everything you need clutch wise, but it is recommended to replace the pushrod bush and seal, as well as the input shaft seal on the gearbox itself while its out, saves a box oil leak ruining your shiny new clutch.
Release bearing could be an idea, but that can be done with box fitted to the car so you could leave it and swap later if it starts to rattle.

May as well chuck on a new clutch cable too if its not been done

[Negative Creep]

I know it's a bit late now but I soaked my ISV valve overnight in petrol and that sorted the running problems (or at least it did until something else went)

[Goops]

Just wanted to revive this because....
I got the clutch replaced and now the valver is roaring throughout the rev range again wahooooo! 
Thanks for all the help, topic closed!