The engine of your car is elaborate, it is not always easy to understand all the symptoms it sends us. Nevertheless, it is certainly necessary to try to stay on alert for the slightest symptom of weakness in your vehicle to limit the risk of serious complications. If you have the impression that your clutch is slipping on your Volkswagen Golf, you’re right to have started looking into it. It’s a problem that must be taken into account rather quickly, otherwise you could end up with an unusable vehicle. To help you in your approach our team has decided to compose this guide which should allow you to see more clearly and make the right decisions to avoid aggravating the issue and confirm that it is indeed the problem you are victim of. To do this, we will first have a look at what a slipping clutch on Volkswagen Golf is and how to examine that this is what is happening to you, and then, what steps can be taken to resolve the issue.
What is slipping clutch on Volkswagen Golf and how to spot it?
A Volkswagen Golf with a clutch that slips
The clutch of your Volkswagen Golf is the component that allows your engine to change gears. It is placed between your gearbox and your engine. It is the component that comes into contact with the flywheel which is located on the engine side and which will collect the power transmitted by the clutch. With wear, the clutch of your Volkswagen Golf slips because it is made up of notches that engage in the flywheel, and with wear and friction it wears out. It is said that the clutch slips when its teeth are too damaged for it to engage on the flywheel.
How to spot clutch slipping on an Volkswagen Golf?
There are many methods to find out that the clutch of your Volkswagen Golf is slipping. You can accomplish all of these examinations on your own.
You can simply find out that your clutch slips when you accelerate and your engine revs up, but your car does not speed up, you may as well encounter a burning smell.
To verify the first statement, you can stop, pull the parking brake, engage the first gear, accelerate reasonably by releasing the clutch of your car gently, in the event that your engine unit rises in revs but the Volkswagen Golf is still stationary it is the symptom of a dead clutch.
Finally, you can put yourself, still in third gear, with the handbrake on, and by releasing it, your vehicle should stall, if not, your clutch is almost certainly dead.
What should I do when ever my clutch slips on my Volkswagen Golf?
Limit the wear of your Volkswagen Golf clutch
We will at this point give you some suggestions to limit the wear of your clutch and avoid your clutch slipping on your Volkswagen Golf. First of all, it is wise not to leave your foot on the clutch pedal, even if the pressure you apply is very mild you will pre wear the clutch release bearing which will eventually result in a total change of the clutch kit. An additional point not to be omitted, do not over-accelerate when you start your car, your acceleration must always be adapted to the velocity of your engine unit. In the event you are at a standstill accelerate slowly, if you are at medium speed accelerate gradually when you release the clutch pedal of your car so as not to make it slip against your engine flywheel.
Replacing your Volkswagen Golf clutch
Finally, in this last part, we will talk about the repair part. In case the clutch of your Volkswagen Golf is dead, you may be stuck at a standstill and have no other solution than to phone the tow truck, because a dead clutch no longer allows the transmission to transfer power to the wheels. If this is the case, be aware that you will have to change the complete clutch kit, this repair necessitates quite a few hours of work and is approximated to cost between 500 and 1200 euros depending on the engine and the workshop.
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