Aus 0 Posted April 14, 2006 I know I'm chancing my arm but ... my wife has a Passat estate, 1.8L petrol engine. She went through a mega puddle this morning and said that it staterd coughing immediately afterwards, started pulling erratically so she stopped. It started fine but difficult to get into gear and there's a rattle from the clutch once in gear. It still starts and idles fine, tricky to get into gear and seems to shudder once in gear and trying to pull away. Any clues? Could the water have washed the clutch and it starting to seize? Many thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aus 0 Posted April 14, 2006 just to add, having sat for a couple of hours, seems to be going into gear slightly easir (still hard though) and once moving, the car runs fine altho changing gear needs care and is def tougher than usual Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
