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RE: 16v tranny/motor/something problem!



I hope so also, as that would really piss me off. But it would be an excuse
to stick a 4K tranny in it........... BAH! damn VW :/

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Deede [mailto:rdeed@UDel.Edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:36 PM
To: Gary Huff
Cc: Neal Tovsen; Scirocco-L
Subject: RE: 16v tranny/motor/something problem!


I know first hand that the 16v tranny can self machine. it happened to my
fist scirocco...not a fun thing to have happen. I hope for your sake that
this is not what is happening to you.




Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.



On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Gary Huff wrote:

> Thats the thing, its not slipping! Mark Peele drove it and he described at
> is:
> Well, there is a "whirring" noise coming from the tranny at all times. As
> for the mysterious "thunk" - that's hard to describe . . .
> and thinks it may be something with the flywheel and I agree, but I dont
> have the place or room to take it apart, my apartment management was angry
> because I parted out my 8v there! if I dropped the tranny on my 16v, it
> would be death. The clutch isnt slipping though, which is rather odd!
> someone suggested that its self machining! I thought the 16v's didnt have
> that problem, but a buddy of mine who races an ITA A2 16v GTI blew a trans
> because its self machined! any suggestions or anything are apprecciated.
> Thanks,
> 	
> Gary Huff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neal Tovsen [mailto:ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:03 PM
> To: Gary Huff; Scirocco-L
> Subject: RE: 16v tranny/motor/something problem!
> 
> 
> 
> I wonder if your clutch could be coming apart or maybe you're getting gear
> oil into the area where the clutch is. Since it's mounted to the flywheel,
> it will spin at the same rate as the engine regardless of whether it's in
> gear or not (unlike the transmission). There shouldn't be any gear oil
> leaking from the area, but if there's a problem with the main tranny seal
> between the clutch and the transmission, it would answer a lot of
questions.
> If gear oil was getting on your clutch plate, it could cause the clutch to
> slip, causing the "slow down" effect you describe while moving.
> 
> I'm just guessing here. I'm way out of my element in that area of the car,
> but I don't know what else it could be...
> 
> Neal
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Gary Huff
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:47 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: 16v tranny/motor/something problem!
> 
> 
> List,
> 	Last night while I was driving right outside my apartment complex my
> car started doing strange things. this ticking sound became apparent, and
it
> is at the same speed as the engine (I.E. when I rev it to 2k the sound
goes
> up and so forth). Also every 5ft or so at about 10mph the car would slow
> down like something was keeping it from moving, it almost felt like the
> trans was locking up, but the idle stayed the same, and I think if it were
> motor related that it would affect the motor as in like drop the idle or
> stall it. Also I just went home at lunch to take a look underneath the car
> and there was a puddle of oil, that kind of smelled like gear oil but it
> wasnt much. Also I know my car does not leak motor oil like that. Any
> suggestions, tips, info, criticism, and donations in mass amounts of
> ibuprofen are apprecciated. Thanks,
> 								Gary Huff
> 
> ``If builders built houses the way programmers built programs, the first
> woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization''.
> - Gerald P. Weinberg
> 
> 
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