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The Cupra Kid
09-09-2001, 16:24
Does anyone else have a type of grinding noise which you can feel through the pedals when holdin the car on the clutch at biting point? Or have a got a naff one? Only the SEAT dealer cant find anything wrong, but it dont seem right!
Any comment would be very welcome.
Cheers
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Lucky_32
09-09-2001, 16:29
Yes,
I had a grindy noise on my Cordie SX the first few K's - then it went away. It's difficult to hold the car a biting point so I use the handbrake a bit more than I've used on previous cars.
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The Cupra Kid
09-09-2001, 16:43
Thanks for putting my mind at rest, glad its not just me. Only mine seams to be getting worse!
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I've got that noise. Only done 900 miles, so can't tell you if goes away.
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The Cupra Kid
09-09-2001, 17:42
I've had mine from new, six months old now, where did the time go!. Anyway, I've covered almost 7k miles and its still there, as long as i'm not the only one who seams to have this little problem I will have to live with it.
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chungster
09-09-2001, 18:37
I know one chap with a 20VT unfortunately had a turbo diesel clutch fitted on to his cupra.....straight from the factory!!!
The diesel clutches are much smaller than the ones in the cupra....cos it doesn't take as much pounding!!!!
I would ask this first..........but i've also noticed my clutch doesn't like me sitting on the biting point for too long (like queing on a spiral thingy on a multi storey car park)....it sometimes locks on me...can't change gear until its cooled down again......and you can smell the shit too!!!!
I don't use those type of car parks anymore!!!
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HOOLIGAN
10-09-2001, 11:17
Also have the grinding noise under braking.
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LONGY
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chungster:
I know one chap with a 20VT unfortunately had a turbo diesel clutch fitted on to his cupra.....straight from the factory!!!
The diesel clutches are much smaller than the ones in the cupra....cos it doesn't take as much pounding!!!!
I would ask this first..........but i've also noticed my clutch doesn't like me sitting on the biting point for too long (like queing on a spiral thingy on a multi storey car park)....it sometimes locks on me...can't change gear until its cooled down again......and you can smell the shit too!!!!
I don't use those type of car parks anymore!!!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Just learn to use the handbrake, then you can start using those car parks again.
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chungster
10-09-2001, 18:45
Thanks Neil....that's an EXCELLENT IDEA!!!!!
(cheeky bugger you!!!)
Its no use.....if i can't go straight up that spiral without using the clutch...then i ain't going up it!!!!!
Think i might uprate the clutch next???
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The grinding under breaking is just probably grit dust etc stuck between the pads. A jet wash should dislodge it easyly enough.
Mark
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Martnorth
26-09-2001, 12:30
I had a grinding noise from the cluch and I took it to my local garage and some barings in the gearbox had split and had to be replaced. ain't warrenty great.
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richiefingers
27-09-2001, 10:58
hey you know what ive had problems in my s reg cupra with clutch firstly, itcomes up all jerky in stages not smooth making it hard to do anything smoothly and making me prone to stalling like a girl also my braes make quite considerable grinding noise too????
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richiefingers
03-10-2001, 20:51
hmm?
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rriveroll
03-10-2001, 21:08
Mine works fine even with the extra HP, no noices or anything and I even get in motion on uphills without the hand brake.
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