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Is my clutch slipping?
« on: February 11, 2014, 09:20:30 am »
Is this clutch slip? - 6th gear, about 3k revs, put my foot down and the revs climb to 6k like i am not in gear e.g. pretty rapidly!

This happened three times last night, twice going there and i recreated it out of curiosity on the way home

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 04:08:16 pm »
Sounds like it!
Without traction power is nothing!

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 04:08:52 pm »
Would seem like it!

Bit of an obvious question really lol  :laugh:

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 04:10:21 pm »
keep doing that 2km and then check for great smell from the clutch  :grin:

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 04:50:43 pm »
Bugger :sad1:

Would seem like it!

Bit of an obvious question really lol  :laugh:

Haha yea i know, was in denial really :)
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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 04:51:30 pm »
What you want is a DSG, you don't have clutches then

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2014, 04:53:35 pm »
Hah. I will be selling the car within 4 months, can't decide if i should just have a standard OEM clutch put in or leave it, or uprated clutch..
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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2014, 05:09:30 pm »
Replace with a standard clutch.

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2014, 05:48:38 pm »
Handbrake on, put it into 2nd... if it doesn't pull off or slips then it's on the way out

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2014, 05:51:39 pm »
Handbrake on? Won't you just drag the back wheels
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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2014, 05:53:17 pm »
Handbrake on, put it into 2nd... if it doesn't pull off or slips then it's on the way out

It's obviously slipping, that test won't help or prove anything other than waste petrol!  :laugh:

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2014, 07:16:34 pm »
Hah. I will be selling the car within 4 months, can't decide if i should just have a standard OEM clutch put in or leave it, or uprated clutch..

Just take the map off when you sell it. It won't slip on standard power, it's the extra torque from the map that's causing it to slip, not the fact that the clutch is goosed.

Mine slipped for 9 months with a map, had it flashed to stock and all was good in the world  :innocent:
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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2014, 07:31:55 pm »
Out of curiosity how much would a stock clutch or an alternative clutch on a remapped Ed30 likely cost? Are there  many alternative options to a stock clutch which offer any benefits if you're running a map?

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2014, 10:04:37 pm »
Out of curiosity how much would a stock clutch or an alternative clutch on a remapped Ed30 likely cost? Are there  many alternative options to a stock clutch which offer any benefits if you're running a map?

just paid £900 for an uprated clutch on my stage 1 ed30

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Re: Is my clutch slipping?
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2014, 10:37:03 pm »
Thanks D8MOA! If you dont mind me asking, what clutch did you end up going for and was that price inclusive of parts and labour?