haha so im not the only one, yea happens to me, pull up to the college car park barrier, forgettin that its in 2nd or 3rd and it just moves i go to move it up to a higher gear and think to myself what the hell is it doing in that gear
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haha so im not the only one, yea happens to me, pull up to the college car park barrier, forgettin that its in 2nd or 3rd and it just moves i go to move it up to a higher gear and think to myself what the hell is it doing in that gear
they do smell up abit easy on these, if 3rd gear won't stall the car from standstill then its possible a new clutch is needed
Cainer, how do you find the hills when theres traffic, gotta put loads of revs on, for your car not to stall? lol, hate the rush hour in the mornin loL
not too many i keep biting point with about 1 and a half pulls away nicly smooth sometimes but i think thats me2 2 and half thousand revs
o lucky you then, mine will just stand still at that lol
ash_ibiza
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hi mate, ive got a 1.4 s mk3 and my clutch was like yours! its really worth it to get the whole clutch for 60-65 quid.. thats what i did with mine! but saying that, yours shouldnt need changing as your car has very low mileage!
hey mate, my cars done jus under 70k, did u get ur clutch fitted from a garage? if so do you mind me asking how much u paid in total? cheers
Mine was changes at 72k. If you look in the engine bay theres an adjuster on the clutch cable which can be used to adjust your biting point and eek some extra life out of your clutch, but this shouldn't be used as a long term fix, I used it literally to get to the clutch place. I used Mr Clutch, they were good, quick and it cost me about 90 quid.
stoke1863
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Mine was craptastic too. Realy hard and needed crap loads of revs on hills. I could pull off in 3rd no problems. I had a new one fitted (£180 i havent a clue about cars so a mate of a mate fitted it) at about 62k and now its MUCH better. Its now soft and pulls away easily. Still can pull away in 3rd though
how about pulling away, has that improved vastly? well anything would be better than what i have atm lol
stoke1863
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Ahh trust me i wanted to sell my car the clutch was sooo ****, i even avoided hills. Pulling away on hills is much much better now
haha sme as me hate the hills in the morning rush hour lol, so £300 seems alot for just a clutch then doesnt it?
stoke1863
Guest
If thats what you are quoted it seems the going rate for a normal garage.
Just find some mechanic you know or that a mate knows
stoke1863
Guest
yea good luck mine was £180 from a mate of a mate.
I remeber saying it was a bitch of a job becuase my clutch virtualy ripped my cable to shreds or something. I was also told my clutch pedal wont last long
yea apparently its a common fault with the mk3's the clutch pedal snapping, so a few people have welded the pedals, god knows how
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