Hi
My '08 Leon Cupra 1P has started demonstrating some symptoms which I'm struggling to interpret. It has been intermittently making loud clattery sounds which seem synonymous with a failing DMF, but without the slight background grinding sound. Sort of like the clatter you hear around 01m50 in a video on youtube titled "VW JETTA TDI DMF NOISE | TDI BAD DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL DMF DSG".
However - this afternoon when I started the car and it started making the clatter it only lasted for a few seconds before there was a CLUNK and a CLICK and a slight shudder felt before the sound just disappeared and the car felt and sounded fine.
Thoughts? Am I in for clutch and DMF replacement? If the DMF was the issue, could the sound just miraculously disappear after a clunk? A buddy suggested it could be a clutch release bearing - does that make sense and fit with the fact that when it WAS making a sound at one stage that it went quieter after pressing the clutch pedal in?
If it is the clutch release bearing, would that require just as much work as replacing a clutch but without the cost of the clutch and flywheel kit?
I am a little anxious because my local VW dealer (here in South Africa) threw around the equivalent of 1300gbp for a clutch kit and flywheel which I'd like to avoid if it isn't strictly necessary given the car has only covered ~85 000km and the clutch feels fine.
Thanks,
Peter
My '08 Leon Cupra 1P has started demonstrating some symptoms which I'm struggling to interpret. It has been intermittently making loud clattery sounds which seem synonymous with a failing DMF, but without the slight background grinding sound. Sort of like the clatter you hear around 01m50 in a video on youtube titled "VW JETTA TDI DMF NOISE | TDI BAD DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL DMF DSG".
However - this afternoon when I started the car and it started making the clatter it only lasted for a few seconds before there was a CLUNK and a CLICK and a slight shudder felt before the sound just disappeared and the car felt and sounded fine.
Thoughts? Am I in for clutch and DMF replacement? If the DMF was the issue, could the sound just miraculously disappear after a clunk? A buddy suggested it could be a clutch release bearing - does that make sense and fit with the fact that when it WAS making a sound at one stage that it went quieter after pressing the clutch pedal in?
If it is the clutch release bearing, would that require just as much work as replacing a clutch but without the cost of the clutch and flywheel kit?
I am a little anxious because my local VW dealer (here in South Africa) threw around the equivalent of 1300gbp for a clutch kit and flywheel which I'd like to avoid if it isn't strictly necessary given the car has only covered ~85 000km and the clutch feels fine.
Thanks,
Peter