The clutch on my Audi has gone

A clutch kit is £150, so not so bad you would think...

but then discover it has some stupid dual mass flywheel which should be replaced when the clutch goes yay!

they cost £400 

SOoo to do it myself will cost £550 and probably a weekend and then some.

popped into a garage on the way home from work and they said £900-£1000 to do it.

I am not sure what to do really, I think the car is at the age and milage (125,000 and 11years) where I think it is just going to be problem after problem from now on.

I dont really have enough cash to buy anything much better without getting finance and I could do without more debt really.

And I dont want to throw good cash after bad at this car anymore.

Any ideas?

Similar position with our Accord.  2005, 92k and the clutch is going.  Same DMF too.
AND you need to drop the subframe to get at it.

So, £440 for a clutch kit, £400 for a DMF.
At least you can go for a solid conversion and not have to bother ever again.

Quote from: soopahfly on January 17, 2011, 20:18:27 PM
Similar position with our Accord.  2005, 92k and the clutch is going.  Same DMF too.
AND you need to drop the subframe to get at it.

So, £440 for a clutch kit, £400 for a DMF.
At least you can go for a solid conversion and not have to bother ever again.

solid conversion only saves £50, so may aswell go dmf if it will last another 125k.

I have no problem getting the clutch done I just dont want to spend a grand doing it and then the fuel pump goes and I have a break warning light on which could cost a bomb to get the ABS unit referb'd if it is a certain fault code.

buy a small cheap diesel & run it on red.

Sell/trade it in for a 90's BMW 325 tds and welcome yourself into the world of cheap veg oil motoring

I was going to say whack it straight in the auction with a modest reserve and give up now, and don't throw that sort of cash at a B5

Quote from: DEViANCE on January 17, 2011, 20:36:04 PM

I have no problem getting the clutch done I just dont want to spend a grand doing it and then the fuel pump goes and I have a break warning light on which could cost a bomb to get the ABS unit referb'd if it is a certain fault code.

Question.

Is the car actually worth £900 to you? If not then scrap it and get a different one with the money.

The car is worth more than £900 in working order probably near £2000.

I think I am going to get the £150 clutch kit get it all stripped down and check for play in the DMF it needs to be between 15-30mm anymore or less and it needs changing.

See how it goes.

botch it & knock it on

Quote from: Eggtastico on January 18, 2011, 18:38:35 PM
botch it & knock it on

You're after a car I gather, Bacon? 


Surely you don't have to replace the DMF just because they advise to, if there's nothing wrong with it surely it's best left alone anyway?

QuoteWhat would you do?

a little dance.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 19, 2011, 00:06:54 AM
You're after a car I gather, Bacon? 


Surely you don't have to replace the DMF just because they advise to, if there's nothing wrong with it surely it's best left alone anyway?

I wouldn't buy another B5

The solid conversion SEEMS like a good idea, but you really notice it imo.

Gear changes are so much smoother with it. If it's like any modern clutches with DMF's I've done, you sometimes need more than just a simple alignment tool.

Also, modern diesels are designed with DMF in mind, so you're potentially looking at more wear to gearbox, driveshafts, engine mounts, etc etc

If the DMF isn't going (vibration at idle for example) just leave it.