Can some one point me in the direction of how to fix my clutch please. I have a '04 plate Seat Leon Mk1 1.9tTDi fr. Sorry for the length of the post but I’ve tried to give as much detail as I can remember in the info below:
A few weeks ago, my clutch went while driving to work and when the clutch was changed, it was obvious what went wrong. The centre of the friction plate had sheared off from the external bit.
For months before the clutch went, I had a small problem getting in and out 1st and reverse gear but since the clutch was replaced, the symptoms have got worse.
In slow moving traffic I dip the clutch repeatedly, going from first gear to coasting with the clutch pedal to the floor and back again. As I slow down and press the pedal to the floor everything feels normal, but a moment later it feels like the car slips back into gear. When this happens, I can hear the engine start to struggle. When I take my foot off of the break pedal, the car tries to very slowly pull away and all of this happens in 1st gear with the clutch to the floor. At this point I find it difficult to take out of 1st or reverse gear and sometimes makes me press the brake pedal harder than usual because the car is still trying to pull.
When I’m driving, I sometimes feel the pedal ‘stick’ near the end of travel the jump the last bit to the top. Other times it feels like the bite point moves when I lift my foot after a gear change. I find my usual bite point is about 2/3 of the way down but when I feel it move, it feels like the bite point is closer to the floor.
I find all of the above can be overcome by pumping the pedal a few times to make the symptoms easier for awhile but often I have to force it in to gear. If it’s already in gear and it’s hard to take out of gear, I either force it out of gear or I have to switch the engine off to take it out of gear.
I have had the car back into the same garage for them to fix it but they’ve had no luck. They are thinking there must be something that is loosing pressure which is causing the clutch to slip. So far the Clutch, slave cylinder, master cylinder & a ’T’ piece has been changed.
A few weeks ago, my clutch went while driving to work and when the clutch was changed, it was obvious what went wrong. The centre of the friction plate had sheared off from the external bit.
For months before the clutch went, I had a small problem getting in and out 1st and reverse gear but since the clutch was replaced, the symptoms have got worse.
In slow moving traffic I dip the clutch repeatedly, going from first gear to coasting with the clutch pedal to the floor and back again. As I slow down and press the pedal to the floor everything feels normal, but a moment later it feels like the car slips back into gear. When this happens, I can hear the engine start to struggle. When I take my foot off of the break pedal, the car tries to very slowly pull away and all of this happens in 1st gear with the clutch to the floor. At this point I find it difficult to take out of 1st or reverse gear and sometimes makes me press the brake pedal harder than usual because the car is still trying to pull.
When I’m driving, I sometimes feel the pedal ‘stick’ near the end of travel the jump the last bit to the top. Other times it feels like the bite point moves when I lift my foot after a gear change. I find my usual bite point is about 2/3 of the way down but when I feel it move, it feels like the bite point is closer to the floor.
I find all of the above can be overcome by pumping the pedal a few times to make the symptoms easier for awhile but often I have to force it in to gear. If it’s already in gear and it’s hard to take out of gear, I either force it out of gear or I have to switch the engine off to take it out of gear.
I have had the car back into the same garage for them to fix it but they’ve had no luck. They are thinking there must be something that is loosing pressure which is causing the clutch to slip. So far the Clutch, slave cylinder, master cylinder & a ’T’ piece has been changed.
