Exploding clutches and other pitfalls of scirocco ownership(long)

[nicadimus@hotmail.com (Elijah R)]

any pics of the cars? where are you located.

Elijah
86 16v
88 cabby



>From: Dubdaze68@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Exploding clutches and other pitfalls of scirocco ownership(long)
>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:26:37 -0500
>
>Well, just when you think that nothing else can go wrong...The other day, I 
>was getting into my car, and noticed that the clutch was a little stiff.  
>Now, I hadn't driven the car in almost 3 weeks as I was injured with a 
>badly sprained left ankle.  Feeling that my leg was just a little weak 
>after being on crutches, I left, wincing and screaming with every shift. 
>(Hey, I had to get to physical therapy somehow!!!)  I also noticed that my 
>shifter was getting stuck in gear, but I chalked that up to maybe I wasn't 
>pushing the clutch in far enough....nope, all the way on the 
>floor...hmmm....next day, go to start car, and car starts moving as I turn 
>the key, with the clutch all the way on the floor!!!!Get car towed to my 
>mechanic, and I thought my clutch cable had broken, because it had happened 
>to me before with similar symptoms.  Nope, cable checks out, but what are 
>those metal fragments all over the top of the tranny casing?  Pull tranny 
>to find that the clutch had literally exploded, sending the springs out of 
>the disk, one stuck against pressure plate, hence the clutch hanging up, 
>one had wedged itself into a recess in the case, two were just GONE,(hence 
>the metal fragments) it had chewed the flywheel so bad that the timing 
>marks were gone, and it had machined the rod going into the box so bad it 
>was unusable...THIS CLUTCH IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD....in a stock 1.8 16v. 
>  Not even an air filter change...in a less than 2 year old Kraftwerks 
>tranny (AGB)  Sachs is covering the clutch, but all the rest is all me,so 
>that was the final straw (that, and the coolant overflow bottle is showing 
>signs of motor oil invading, Anybody wanna buy the rocco?  I've replaced 
>everything at this point, and I want my first new car, one with a warranty. 
>  new MINI Cooper S, here I come!!!! Also selling my Cabriolet, my first 
>car, been garaged since 1999, just can't get to it now, need reliable 
>transportation.  HELP!!!!1800 obo for the rocco, 2000 for the cabby.
>
>Patrick Boyle
>'87 Scirocco 16v
>'87 Cabriolet
>'84 Rabbit GTI


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