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Golf TDI porblem, please help!!

  • 27-07-2011 06:50PM
    #1
    Kimbot
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    Folks I have had my car for about a year its a 1.9 TDI golf (07) and I got it with 100k miles on the clock.
    When I bought it there was a slight rattle (well tinging noise) when she is idling. When I clutch the rattle goes away. I have had it in for servicing and the mechanic keeps telling me its the flywheel yet I am not too sure.
    It now has 147k miles on it.

    Anyone got any ideas??


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  • #2
    OldmanMondeo
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    Does sound like the flywheel.


  • #3
    Nonoperational
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    Another vote for flywheel.


  • #4
    Drummerboy08
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    +3 for the flywheel.


  • #5
    Hootanany
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    I concur


  • #6
    polod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 367 ✭✭polod


    my car has around the same mileage as the op's car its a golf too it shakes to when you start it up first and it smokes a wee bit 2 it smeels awful the smoke but once the engine warms up it seems to stop it ...could this be the flywheel too?


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  • #7
    -Corkie-
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    Drummerboy08 wrote: »
    +3 for the flywheel.

    +4..


  • #8
    Gary ITR
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    What makes you think your mechanic is wrong?


  • #9
    Plug
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    -Corkie- wrote: »
    +4..
    +5


  • #10
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    What makes you think your mechanic is wrong?
    Mechanics are thief's and cowboys etc etc.


  • #11
    Kimbot
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    Gary ITR wrote: »
    What makes you think your mechanic is wrong?

    Well the fact that its not exactly a loud noise or anything and that there are no other symptoms in 50k miles of driving it. A few of my mates (who work on cars) have said it sounds like its a gearbox bearing or else a clutch bearing.


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  • #12
    -Corkie-
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    jonny24ie wrote: »
    Well the fact that its not exactly a loud noise or anything and that there are no other symptoms in 50k miles of driving it. A few of my mates (who work on cars) have said it sounds like its a gearbox bearing or else a clutch bearing.

    Does it sound like a bag of spanners rattling around??


  • #13
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Does it sound like a bag of spanners rattling around??

    Not really.... ill try get a video of it now.


  • #14
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Come fly with me, come fly, lets flywheel away..


  • #15
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Ok here is the video of it: The video the sound is noisier than when your actually on front of it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1dXM9FX-I


  • #16
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,597 ✭✭✭tossy


    Could be clutch release bearing but most likely flywheel,i wouldn't panic though it could last another 50k like that plus it will get a lot worse before going - you will know all about it from the racket it will make - thats the time to get it replaced.


  • #17
    king_of_inismac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭king_of_inismac


    Sounds to me like the clutch release bearing. The bad news is if you need to replace the clutch release bearing, you should probably also do the clutch and flywheel, especially if you plan on keeping the car for a good while longer.

    It's not something you can leave. Eventually the clutch will stop working


  • #18
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    I dont mind doing the clutch but the price on the fly wheel I just dont have at the minute.


  • #19
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    haven't heard anything extraordinary, keep driving, you shall ask same question after 2-3 years. Just turn your music louder, and that's it :)


  • #20
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    I wouldn't do a clutch without a flywheel on a diesel golf at 100k miles tbh. Hold on until it gets worse, it might last ages.


  • #21
    muckeyw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭muckeyw


    gpf101 wrote: »
    I wouldn't do a clutch without a flywheel on a diesel golf at 100k miles tbh. Hold on until it gets worse, it might last ages.
    Defo double mass flywheeel good news is tou can get a cheap conversion kit whitch changes the clutch the release bearing and flywheel.


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