A dual mass flywheel question

fanaticstuart wrote:  ....... and it was the people who turn up with a print out from some forum diagnosing their problems that annoyed him tee hee

 

fanaticstuart wrote: also complained about steering clonk but was told its the column and there is no fix ?.

there is a fix. replace the bit thats clonking!

well took van in and they changed flywheel and plate and bearing and it feels much better.had it serviced while it was in and they lent me a new t5 only trouble is felt much quicker than mine same engine 102 hp but much stronger pull which is quite annoying.

Mine judders every now and then, T32 LWB kOMBI. 140k miles

Edited by Kev The Gas - 20 Dec 09 at 18:07

The failure mileage is tantalisingly close to service intervals.Fall lucky and you can get both done at the same time. Nice.....

It sounds very much like the DMF,but failure at 11K is premature even for a T5. If its in warranty,which sounds likely at such a low mileage,i'd get back to the dealer asap.

hi

Got van back last Thursday.They changed flywheel and van has come back a lot cleaner than I expected,in fact you would not of known they had done anything. They measured the play in the flywheel and said there was more movement than VW recommend .

As for the whine in the gearbox,they said they checked  the gearbox . Im no expert but would of thought there is not much you can check without stripping it down ,which in the time they had the van im fairly certain they did not do,suppose they mean the drive shafts,thrust and gearbox output shaft bearings (if thats what there called).They also said they compared it with a newer van and it was comparable .

Took the van for a drive and the clutch feels fine and the engine and gears feel smoother. The whine is still there ,I admit its quite hard to hear. Its not really annoying but it is there and I think I would of noticed it before if it was there.
Its most noticeable If I drive along a quiet road at about 55mph in 6th gear and lift of the accelerator a little it will start to whine if the speed drops or I accelerate it disappears. If dip the clutch it disappears.Some times I can hear it when I change down and use the engine breaking to approach a bend or roundabout .Also if I gently weave  the steering from left to right or go into a corner I can hear it come and go as the weight loads up on the drive shafts.
What do you guys think?
Its an 06 2.5  with 34k easy miles on the clock
Am I being paranoid and worrying about about normal mechanical noise ?
They are aware that the warranty runs out in a month and they have made a note of the complaint on the service history .
The old girl (the van) has been trouble free up until recently and I had put it down to finding the right balance between driving her hard enough to keep the turbo happy and smoothly enough to keep the gearbox, clutch and drive shafts in one piece but now im having my doubts.

I don't know whether my question is related to this but I've been driving my colleagues T5 130 manual (2006, 65K) for the last couple of weeks and his clutch seems very sharp to the point where I've stalled it on a few occasions. I've also noticed that when the van is stoped and in nuetral if you press the clutch down slightly it vibrates really bad, it doesn't seem to get any better when its warm. Could this have anything to do with the DMF being on its way out?

I used to get a bad  clutch judder when cold from my Landcruiser.  It did another 100,000Km without any change (and was still OK when I sold it).  I often wondered whether there was a slight oil leak from the main crank seal ( a common problem for that engine), and that once the small amount of oil was worn/burnt off it was then perfectly fine ?

Edited by gregozedobe - 16 Mar 09 at 13:12