I have brought Bryony's Polo GTI

kelly84 · Post by **kelly84** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:59 pm

Hey guys im new to this so be kind. lol

I brought Bryony's Polo just before christmas and she advised me to join on here as all you guys are very helpful.

Unfortunatly the clutch went last night but im as this is my first vw im not sure if its just the cable or the whole system.
The car will not go in any gear but reverse but it makes a huge crunching noise, making the car undrivable. BUT when the engine is off the car goes into gear perfectly. When i brought the car the clutch wa stiff and creaked when being used but now its loose and no longer creaks.

Any help please guys.

Thanks xx

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:30 pm

Hey, welcome to the site. You've got yourself a nice car there, it's a shame it's red though

Sorry to hear about the clutch

kelly84 · Post by **kelly84** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:34 pm

Thanks for the welcome.

I always said i would never get a red car but this one was def an exeption as i wanted it too much. ha

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:40 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:it's a shame it's red though

Grr

theres nothing wrong with red cars

I wouldnt have a silver GTI haha

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:03 pm

Red is ace, I didn't want a silver GTI but ended up with one

Welcome to the forum!

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:21 pm

welcome, best place to be for a gti owner! good choice of car! sounds like its definately the clutch, did you get any slipping before it went? (car juddering and not properly engaging) was the biting point just before you took your foot off the pedal?

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:15 pm

welcome to the forum!
as Modified Madness said, you have bought a very nice car there and its a shame the clutch has gone so soon!
hope u get it sorted quickly

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:17 pm

welcome to the site! you've got yourself a keeper there

sorry i'm not master on clutches, if it was gloing though i would've thought you could probably tell, (like james said^^) crunching and difficulty selecting gears,

if it was a sudden incident, i'd look at the cable possibly snapping?

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:51 pm

Definitely sounds like the clutch to me. Or possibly the clutch cable (a bit cheaper!). Although when my clutch cable snapped in my GTi, I couldn't select any gears at all when the engine was running.

Welcome to the forums though!

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:55 pm

Welcome

Nice to see you joined up. Any plans for the car? (apart from a new clutch!)

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:58 pm

welcome

definately sounds like the clutch to me, almost exactly what happened to mine, bit unfortunate it went so soon

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:01 pm

Does this not sound like the pedal box failing??

Creaking noise etc.

??

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:04 am

Aye creaking noise is a common one - exactly whats just happened to mine due to the fact that VW never actually replaced my clutch cable (they just smothered it in grease and told me it was changed). I found this out by seeing the date stamp on the cable was 11/99 lol!

Pedal box has failed and ive got a Â£300 repair bill to sort it out next week god dammit!!

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:29 am

Hi Kelly! Glad you joined up - these guys are all really nice people and very helpful.

If its the pedal box, vw will replace it for free, the car has had it done once before I had it, but I expect they just replaced it with the same part which could probably break again. Might be worth investigating that as its a free fix!

kelly84 · Post by **kelly84** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:36 am

Bryony....

thanks for the welcome hun.
How come VW will do it for free?? Is it a pain job as will struggle to get the car to the garage in the first place so will try get it done all in 1 day so dont need to leave it there. ha.

You were right.. these guys on here are very helpful.

Hows the Golf doing??