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john_o:
gutted to hear snapey  :sad:
sounds just like billyboys event at santa pod !
In the absence of a triggering event i.e. excessive slipping , it may point as Phil says to a sudden internal mech failure rather than a worn plate etc
VW should sort you out  :happy2: as you arent remapped. But yes there a fair amount of clutch stories on the MkVs , and not just the remapped ED30 owners  :grin:
I assume you are the first owner from new?
Good luck getting it replaced

[as a side note if you are considering a remap in the future , you may want to think about VWR for a new uprated clutch if you wanted to go outside the warranty route + an LSD for laughs  :signLOL:]

snapey:
I'm the second owner of the car, the first owner was made redundant so couldn't afford to run it and all the rest that goes with it. But even saying that there were no signs of slip etc prior to it going and it still doesn't spill now, that was driving it back after I manged to get it into a gear.

Luke

billyboy:
snapey
mine had never ever slipped, its APR stage 1, and had 19000 on the clock, i did 3 runs at santa pod with not a prob.
then i let my lad have a run, he run up the pod with his foot resting on the pedal, it whouldnt go into gear for at least an hour with the bonnet open to cool it down, it got us home and then ran for 2 weeks with notchy changes and stunk.
this is what VWR/racingline found

so with it beening mapped and maybe more in the future i didnt want to go through it again so had an uprated sachs paddle fitted with eddy30 pressure plate.

mark farmer at VWR/racingline is a top bloke, if your thinking of going down the tuning route on standard parts it may happen again
billy

snapey:
Sounds like the exact same symptoms as what I have, If you don't mind I'll print this off and take it along and show them what to expect because there's no way with crack like that they can blame it on wear and tear.

Luke

billyboy:

--- Quote from: snapey on February 22, 2009, 08:56:49 pm ---Sounds like the exact same symptoms as what I have, If you don't mind I'll print this off and take it along and show them what to expect because there's no way with crack like that they can blame it on wear and tear.

Luke

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but they can say it was down to it being mapped, and driver abuse
billy

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