Right guys, in need of some help. A friend of the family owns a Vw Polo 1.2 (2006). Over the last week or so he's had trouble with it, relating to either the gearbox or the clutch. Basically, when the clutch is pressed in, a loud whirling noise is present, but when its put in gear, the noise gets noticeably louder and shakes the car violently ! I'm thinking that the clutch has either gone or is near enough failed altogether ? Also, has anyone changed a clutch on one of these engines ? I've offered to give it a go myself to help him out, but need to know if its an easy gearbox off and on job ? Any help or info would be much appreciated. Cheers.
this would be my suspicion yeah, I would just put a new clutch on it while the box is off though. if its the type with an internal clutch slave cylinder I'd do that as well as sods law it'll break a week after you put it all back together!
That's true, thanks Jonny. VW quoted him 400 just to look at it ! Which is why I stepped in and said I'll do it for him. I'll try and find out if it does have an internal clutch slave cylinder and recommend we change this too. Cheers.
