New Clutch - or leave it?

I'd be inclined to get it done. FWIW, I have it on good authority that LUK clutches + dm flywheels are as good as OEM for VWs.

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Doki
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Why did he think it slipped?

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Duncan Wood

My friend Steve felt the clutch on his 2000 Golf Mk IV PD Diesel (6 speed) slip the other day - and because he is taking the car on holiday on the continent in a couple of weeks, he started looking at prices for a replacement clutch. Because it may make sense getting the Dual Mass flywheel thingy done at the same time, the cheapest quotes he could find were from about 700-1000 UKP, not great news with a holiday imminent.

The thing is though the clutch hasn't slipped since, this is after a week or two with just another hundred miles or so on the clock.

Is it possible/likely that what he experienced was just the clutch automatically adjusting itself, and he has no special reason to worry - or should he bite the bullet and get the clutch done now.

I appreciate this is probably impossible to be sure of, but I/he would be very interested in your thoughts.

Cheers for any help.

All the best, Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)

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Angus Manwaring

The clutch on 405 used to slip sometimes when it was full of people and doing a hill start and stuff. It did this for 30k miles and never died. Ignore it till it starts slipping a lot. I've known clutches get really hot and slip like hell, then be fine after after the glaze has worn off.

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DanB

I think LUK *are* quite often OEM on VWs.

As regards the one in this Golf, get it on 6th at 2000rpm and boot it with some weight in. That's near the torque peak, so if it holds there I'd say it's OK for a bit. IME they get very heavy and a bit juddery when they're on their way out.

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Chris Bartram

Another Italian tuneup job then? But is that with the clutch being slipped a lot or dumped at 3500rpm a few times?

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PCPaul

Heh, I wouldn't like to recommend that on an iffy clutch to be honest ;) Plus, it's a diesel, isn't 3,500rpm the limiter?

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DanB

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