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Golf MKIV 1.4 Petrol: Trouble getting in to first gear.

  • 19-01-2015 10:56pm
    #1
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭


    Hi People,

    Had a long day... was working in town, driving between two jobs noticed that the clutch was making a grinding noise as I was releasing the clutch... On the drive home, had a LOT of trouble getting the car in to first gear.. I was getting worried about not being able to get the car in to first, and blocking up the M50, so I pulled the car in to a petrol station and waited a couple of hours for the traffic to clear.. With the home of a clear run home in one of the higher gears.

    While I was looking over the problem, I left on the damned heater in the car and drained the battery, so I had to get a jump as well.. That has no relevance to the problem, but it really bugged the hell out of me :rolleyes: ..Got the car home and now I can hardly the car in first at all... However with the engine off, I can smoothly change between all the gears (so I presume the linkage is okay)..

    Has anybody had anything similar? thanks,

    Golf MK4 02 1.4 petrol


Comments

  • #2
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    how can you leave the heater on and drain the battery? something not right there.

    It sounds to me as if you have a clutch problem if you can engage first with engine off but not with it running. (bit of an obvious answer). You need a mechanic look at it.


  • #3
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    corktina wrote: »
    how can you leave the heater on and drain the battery? something not right there..

    I know.. that sort of has me baffled.. I'd been checking around the engine, checking the oil and just looking for damage, and when I got back in to the car the starter didnt even turn... I thought first of all it was some sort of ignition prevention caused by the other problem... But I measured the battery and it was only 11.6v... It's a 44Ah battery, and I definitely was using anywhere near that for the hour that I was looking round the car..


  • #4
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    Sounds like David Blaine vanished your clutch friction plate,
    It will magically reappear in a kit at your local auto parts store.
    Bout 200 nicker.


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