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Mon 22 Dec 2008 15:42

1998 1.9 Clutch / Gearbox problems - simantic

My girlfriend's R reg VW Polo 1.9 D is experiencing some clutch/gearbox problems.

Occassionally whilst driving the clutch seems to engage itself as if you're in neutral. The rev's drop to idle speed and the car looses power. If you push the clutch pedal down a few times it seems to correct itselt and you can start accelerating again. This happened a few times yesterday whilst doing 70mph on the motorway.

This also happened a few months ago and she couldn't get it into gear at all. Once the AA were called it all seemed to work fine. Very bizzarre. Took it to the garage for inspection and they couldn't find any fault at all.

This morning there appears to be some weird scraping noises coming from the engine bay. The car is currently at the garage waiting to be looked at but I just wondered if anyone had any ideas as to what may cause the problem.

Could it be the clutch cable slipping? Could the problem be more of a gearbox issue?

The clutch was replaced about a year ago so I can't believe it is shot already.

Any help much appreciated. I have to call the garage back today so just wanted to be armed with anything they may have overlooked.

Thanks

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Thu 25 Dec 2008 17:18

1998 1.9 Clutch / Gearbox problems - tujags

Has this model got the automatic self adjusting clutch cable? These clutch killers are worth replacing with the earlier manually adjusted cable - just a thought!

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