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audifan said:
Hi George. First thing I would do is flush through the clutch slave cylinder as it could have contaminated old fluid. remember the brakes should be flushed every 2 years and the clutch done at the same time. Next suspect is the slave cylinder itself. After that you are into the mechanics of the clutch arm and release bearing plus the friction lining and pressure plate...
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It was lack of lubrication on the clutch pedal pivot. A few squirts of ptfe maintence spray and a bit of exercise and it’s back to normal.
 
PlasticMac said:
The ECU does use road speed to inhibit the cooling fan at higher speeds, part of the mapped cooling, to maximise efficiency, no wasted electricity driving the fan, when not required.
I can see your point about road speed being irrelevant to the engine tune.
Is your fifth similar to standard fifth, (3,150/3,200 at 70 mph)?
Mac.
Edit: Read up a bit, and the mapped cooling system, which lowers the engine temperature under high loads, uses two separate maps, one using engine load, and the other using road speed, to calculate the required engine temperature.
The map that gives the lower temperature set point, is the one used so road speed is important to engine cooling, but not to the engine tuning. So you're OK, engine map wise, with changing gear ratios. You knew that already, sorry for my doubts.
Live and learn.
Mac.
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I take back my notion that the six-speed box improves acceleration, as my fifth has the same gearing as yours - we’ve both learnt something! So sixth is around 2850, which is a decent refinement boost and can be used even down from 40 or 50mph. Given that the work was done at A2 Cars, I suspect this was a replacement gearbox upgraded by their unnamed technical partner.


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sailesh said:
I take back my notion that the six-speed box improves acceleration, as my fifth has the same gearing as yours - we’ve both learnt something! So sixth is around 2850, which is a decent refinement boost and can be used even down from 40 or 50mph. Given that the work was done at A2 Cars, I suspect this was a replacement gearbox upgraded by their unnamed technical partner.


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Yes, it was a German company that rebuilt the box.
A2 cars did the removal, shipping and refit, I believe.
Mac.
 
alanb said:
I believe A2 Cars used CKR vehicle technology (Markus Clauß and Manuel Koczy GbR). https://www.getriebetechnik-sachsen.de/

I'm sure someone will be along to tell me I'm wrong, however.
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They sound like the right folks. I do believe Tony (RIP) used to transport the gearboxes to and from Germany in his six-speed TDI. I can vouch for it being a fine box, but presumably the number of six-speed FSIs out there must be pretty low!
 
Well yesterday I recieved a recorded delivery letter from a haulage company in Gloucester. They advised they had recovered my car at the request of the police! I would be charged £360 recovery fee plus £26/day from 24hrs after the letter date.
Tried to ring them, with no success, their voicemail was full.
Rang the local police station, although it was not a local phone number. I advised my A2 was sitting on my drive and has been SORN for 12 months. Adised me to discuss with the recovery company, and got upset when I pointed out it was their responsibility to sort out as they instructed the recovery company! It transpired no one had botheted to check the registration against the VIN. Well done plods!
Long story short, seems the car they have is badly damaged, and the VIN is unreadable. Maybe the first letter of the reg is a C and not a G, which ties up with what they have!
Got an apology, but what laziness on everyone's part, just bang out a letter and hope the recipient pays. After all there's not much difference between an A5 and an A2!

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Today, before work, I drove my 827 Coupe on a test drive now I've got the correct clutch and plate in it.
Oh, how I have missed it the last 5 months!!!
 
Jellybean said:
Well yesterday I recieved a recorded delivery letter from a haulage company in Gloucester. They advised they had recovered my car at the request of the police! I would be charged £360 recovery fee plus £26/day from 24hrs after the letter date.
Tried to ring them, with no success, their voicemail was full.
Rang the local police station, although it was not a local phone number. I advised my A2 was sitting on my drive and has been SORN for 12 months. Adised me to discuss with the recovery company, and got upset when I pointed out it was their responsibility to sort out as they instructed the recovery company! It transpired no one had botheted to check the registration against the VIN. Well done plods!
Long story short, seems the car they have is badly damaged, and the VIN is unreadable. Maybe the first letter of the reg is a C and not a G, which ties up with what they have!
Got an apology, but what laziness on everyone's part, just bang out a letter and hope the recipient pays. After all there's not much difference between an A5 and an A2!

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Sounds like a proper farce
 
Today I found out we’d been driving around the TDI with no hub nut?

It was just loose rattling around behind the centre cap…
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Hasn’t been driven much since we got it, due to needing a cambelt and having a noisy gearbox, but still a couple of hundred miles
 
Erlingtheyounger said:
I picked up my 1.2 from WOM. Thanks as ever to Rob & Marcus @chumsofmanutd as she behaved impeccably on my 130 mile trip home and averaged a tick under 90mpg so seems to be in fine fettle again 🙏🏻 I’ve REALLY missed her. Tonka is great fun but not ideal for my commute tbh. Must be getting old 🤣
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Ah yes I recall you had some kind of problem/failure with your 1.2TDI . Did you get the details, what had happened there?
 
Joga said:
Ah yes I recall you had some kind of problem/failure with your 1.2TDI . Did you get the details, what had happened there?
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@Joga We THINK that it was simply a case of needing a basic reset. It had done 12k miles since the last one and when Marcus did it the clutch was slightly out of tolerance. The symptom was that it wouldn’t start, wouldn’t even turn over, even in neutral and seemed to think it was in gear. It also wasn’t throwing any fault codes. That said, after being transported up to WOM and sitting for a few days, it fired right up!!!

TBF it was due a service and had a rear drum/handbrake issue which needed attention. I also treated it to a replacement oil level/temperature sensor as this was faulting intermittently (a common 1.2 issue as I’m sure you’re aware)
 
Erlingtheyounger said:
@Joga We THINK that it was simply a case of needing a basic reset. It had done 12k miles since the last one and when Marcus did it the clutch was slightly out of tolerance. The symptom was that it wouldn’t start, wouldn’t even turn over, even in neutral and seemed to think it was in gear. It also wasn’t throwing any fault codes. That said, after being transported up to WOM and sitting for a few days, it fired right up!!!

TBF it was due a service and had a rear drum/handbrake issue which needed attention. I also treated it to a replacement oil level/temperature sensor as this was faulting intermittently (a common 1.2 issue as I’m sure you’re aware)
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It is a bit unsatisfying when issues disappear by themselves, isnt it. Hope the clutch wire adjustment (?) keeps the problem away now. These are really fascinating cars, although my partner is not equally fascinated
:).
 
Proghound said:
Just heard that my daily Crystal TDI has passed its MOT, with one advisory for slightly worn brake discs. The garage has suggested I'd be fine to just replace them with the next set of pads, which will probably be at next year's service.
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Last night, the first time I used the headlights since the MOT, one of the dipped beam bulbs blew! That could so easily have gone the other way and blown for the tester :oops:

Of course, that would be the night that I then found my regular route blocked by an accident, then further on my more rural backup route was closed by roadworks and I had to resort to a horrible little back-road, effectively single-track due to the never-ending rash of huge potholes down both edges :rolleyes: And all this while followed too closely by some modern SUV with its LED lights on maximum armour-piercing mode 😖 Not a pleasant journey, even using the front fogs to cover and the mains where I could. On the bright side (no pun, honest ;)) at least it wasn't raining!
 
Yesterday, @drwellsie and I fitted a new, used ECU to an FSI. No great shakes you may say, but I've only just realised that for an hour or so, there were, in the isolated coastal hinterland of West Sussex, three working, (one only after the ECU swap), FSIs within a few square meters. Didn't realise the enormity of it at the time, so no pictures of this, (unique?), historical event.
Mac.
 
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