Exploding clutches and other pitfalls of sciroccoownership(long)

[jason@scirocco.org (Jason)]

He's in Pittsburgh.


At 04:49 PM 10/30/2002, Elijah R wrote:
>any pics of the cars? where are you located.
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>Elijah
>86 16v
>88 cabby
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>>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
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>>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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