Re: Clutch Mileage

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Wow I'm responding to a lot of posts tonight... oh well. Scirocco and VW
4-cylinder clutches in general go about 120K miles on average, from working in
a VW shop. There are certainly cases of them going much longer, with lots of
highway travel and such. Of course, there are like 3 different sizes of VW
clutch, too, which will affect it. My Scirocco's clutch went 130K miles before
my brother exploded it (permanently engaged... very interesting). My dad's
Golf's clutch went 130K miles... my QSW has 167K on it now with the original
clutch, and no signs of slipping... but that's a different story entirely.
    -Josiah
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco (buy me!)
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

J. McReynolds wrote:

> Carol,
> Congrats!  You will have tons o' fun zipping and
> zooming--hopefully it'll accelerate like a rocket and steer as
> responsively as mine.  I get pretty good mileage, too.
> Mine has about 160-180 thousand on it.  I have to estimate because
> my odometer was not working for about a year.  The clutch at this
> time seems to have two "grab points" as it is let out, and once or
> twice seemed to slip but it could be my overactive imagination.
> After taking her out for a spin to the grocery store tonight,
> though, I believe I could have other problems--just hear a little
> thumping-- could be a wheel bearing.
>
> Oh, I have heard that Scirocco clutches are reknown to go bad
> sooner than later.  Has anyone else heard or know about this?
> Maybe it's just that 'roc drivers can't resist popping their
> clutches too often!  I have tried to treat mine with kindness.
>
> Jennifer
>
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