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sorry guys forgot to update this thread . anyway after trying everything possible to get this clutch to work in the end i had midland vw take it out the old/brand new.this clutch was bone dry and had been fitted perfectly,but you could see on the friction plate were it had been slipping as it was badly glazed. they fitted another new clutch this time LUK and it worked fine! :cuckoo: sent the old clutch back and got a full refund. im still waiting for the engineers report from them to say what was wrong with it im guessing the pressure plate springs were faulty maybe. anyway all fixed now :D

thats a good idea ill have a go in the morning and let you know how i get on cheers

hum cold start injector is a good shout how do i check if that works?

got a 2ltr 16v that keeps wont hold any revs when its cold.if you dont hold your foot on the pedal and keep the revs up it dies . ive checked for vacum leaks and the isv is working. after 2mins of it warming up it works fine and idles as it should. any ideas?

Ive come to the conclusion the National clutch is faulty so its coming out and im going to put a LUK one in. :( :( :pukeright: :( serves me right for buying a £69 clutch.

got the clutch from my local auto spares place i have a trade account and they only get good stuff . i rang and asked them if they had ever had any of these clutches returned and they said in 5 years of selling that brand (cant remember which one) only one and that was because it was the wrong clutch in the box. so im kind of ruling out the clutch as faulty but i suppose there is a chance it may be ? it has to be some kind of oil on the friction plate

thanks for all the comments guys :D well today got a brand new slave cylinder fitted it re bled the system loads of pumping and holding. still the same .??? :censored: the old slave had no signs of any leak but the little dust boot thing was split. would it be possible that me driving it round for a day maybe 30 miles before i changed the slave cylinder has glazed the clutch in some way? have noticed that after driving it for a bit the bite gets a bit better than when it is cold i assume this is just the heat making it work better like a brake pad. as for the crank bearing i was told that it was dry but there was al load of oil/cack stuff in the bottom of the bell housing.?? there is no oil leak on the car i put some paper under it last night and it was spotless this morning. dont know what to do next apart from drive it about see if it gets any better. :( anyone got any other ideas really don't want to take the box off again if i have to

im sure the old one was bone dry when we took it out also when i first went for a test drive round the block after fitting the new clutch it slipped just the same as before we started . so i re bled the clutch and it was 80% better, i was thinking that i had sorted it until i got on the motor way in 5th put my foot down and the clutch slipped again gutted :( could me bleeding the clutch again have made any difference to how hard the clutch bites i couldnt work out how? am i right in thinking if the clutch slave cylinder was leaking it would leave it stuck in gear as there would not be any pressure in the system to release the clutch?

hum yeah i thought that be someone told me that it should feel sweet from the moment it goes in. :(

2.0ltr 16v corrado changed the clutch today with a new pressure plate and bearing re bled the clutch with new fluid but still it slips??? the bell housing had quite alot of gunk in it maybe clutch fluid?? could a failing slave cylinder cause the clutch to slip? its better than it was before but on the motorway in 5th as you put your foot down the clutch slips and grabs and slips going try a new slave cylinder tomorrow hope it works

make me so angry :censored: keep yor eyes out on all the forums/ebay ect for cheep vr6 engines ect and pannels

nice 540 karl bet your glad you got rid of that crappy 330 lol :)

Gorge Du Verdon - looks awsome is it worth including on my route? added it to my map

oh my god cant :D wait seeing your pics is awsome ! 10 tanks wooooo thats alot. realy want to do it in a corrado or my mk2 16v but dont want to break down so im thinking bmw 320d m sport touring or a 330cab roof off in the sunshine ..epic! anymore pics of the rado in action?

dude it left the factory like this 100 made only!! google it its no joke!! was using the drill to hang some meat :shrug:

pow! realy rare only made 100.!

love everything but :D ..........the de badged grille sack it off dude looks out of place

it is a total waste of money i used to work at a bmw delership and they used to empty a bit out of each bottel spray a bit of the scotch gard stuff about then send it on its way. most of the stuff got sold on ebay they had boxes of the stuff in a room out back. scotch guard/diamond bright its all the same crap and even when put on it only lasts about 4 weeks dont know how they get away with it. :mad2: :epicfail:

that sounds awsome . now all i need to decide what car to go in :( . how much did you spend in fuel and what was the total milage of your trip?

think that we might be hitting paris on the way back dont realy know if this is goin to be a good idear or not its a bit of a nightmare driving arround is it not?

i let it tick over for ages and it got nice and hot , pulled alot of plugs off and they were all dry inside, it idles fine but as soon as you depress the pedal it slowley climbs to 1500 rpm and wont go any higher . didnt get any water inside the cabin. is there somthing els that controls the pedal under the bonnet that i might have got wet? :(

messed right up today jet washed my engine now it wont rev when you press the accelrator pedal. loads of smoke coming out the back. this is what the vag com says how do i fix this fault? its a 2.5 tdi VCDS Version: Release 908.1 Data version: 20091018 Monday,18,January,2010,17:42:52:25103 Chassis Type: 70 - VW Transporter Scan: 01 02 03 08 15 22 25 VIN: WV1ZZZ70ZYX113323 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 01: Engine Labels: Redir Fail! Part No: 074 906 018 B Component: 2,5l R5 EDC 0000SG 2519 Coding: 00002 Shop #: WSC 25900 1 Fault Found: 18047 - Accelerator Position Sensor 1/2 (G79/G185): Implausible Signal P1639 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent Readiness: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 25: Immobilizer Labels: 6X0-953-257.lbl Part No: 6X0 953 257 Component: IMMO 0004 Coding: 00001 Shop #: WSC 35110 WV1ZZZ70ZYX113323 VWZ1Z0Y0279766 No fault code found. End ---------------------------------------------------------------------

awsome thats the kind of advice im after.we are taking the girls so its not a boys driving holiday we are sneeking in the ring and stelvio pass :D want sort of stuff like helicopter rides over mountains,massive water falls the worlds longest zip line stuff like that :D a full on adventure!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&sourc ... e=UTF8&z=5 thats what i have so far anyone got any idears? or is there stuff i have missed out along the route that is a must see! cant wait to hit the stelvio pass.

have started planning an epic road trip arround europe in august going to the ring then down to the stelvio pass ,via the street pariad in zurich then lake garda then monaco just have no idear what to do on the return leg may stop in geniva but thats about all ive got so far . anyone got any idears.? only got to weeks total and need to fill about 4 days from monaco back home. was thinking of doing it in a bmw e46 cab roof down the whole way :D but im open to suggestions. cheers si