I think my car hates me...

[BlackVr6ix]

I think the two attached say more then i can at the moment.

[GoLfMan]

NOO what happened?

[BlackVr6ix]

One second im just cruzing along, and the next i have a terrible noise coming from the clutch area, put my foot on the clutch and its as solid as a rock, would not move.

so its back at the guys that did the clutch a month or so ago and im just waiting by the phone!

**Edit** The speedo read 200001 when it came off the tow truck

[GoLfMan]

****! they must have really screwed something up

[DubSteve]

Well just so your not alone Andrew my vr tacho hit 200 000kms as well, note speedo not engine

Trip to Canberra and back will do that do you!

[Tim]

ooer thats creepy.
Hopefully its nothing too serious. although dropping the gearbox is pretty serious

[BlackVr6ix]

Apparently something has broken between the clutch slave cylinder and the thrust bearing.

Should they have noticed it when they changed the clutch? they are trying to tell me that the flywheel and clutch combo i have is to blame....

im not a happy camper right now.

[DaveMack]

Bad luck mate. Hope it's not too expen$$$ive.

Dave

[BlackVr6ix]

I got an email back from the crowd i bought the setup from and they said the only explanation for this kind of failure is installer error.

I'd better not be forking out for the labour on this one!!

[pommy_golfer]

BlackVR6, Keep your head up dude.....You think your car hates you, how do you think i feel....remember all that overheating trouble ive been having....

My car is with Golf Loon getting a new engine put in....its costing me an arm and a leg to do but i need the car so desperately as were expecting and the missus could drop any minute....

Whether its a cracked head or head gasket, i was told it was cheaper and easier to just put a new lump in...i just hope and pray that once its all done i dont have any other problems......

i feel your pain.....

[DubSteve]

BlackVR6, Keep your head up dude.....You think your car hates you, how do you think i feel....remember all that overheating trouble ive been having....

My car is with Golf Loon getting a new engine put in....its costing me an arm and a leg to do but i need the car so desperately as were expecting and the missus could drop any minute....

Whether its a cracked head or head gasket, i was told it was cheaper and easier to just put a new lump in...i just hope and pray that once its all done i dont have any other problems......

i feel your pain.....

Geese thats terrible dude would that have contributed to any of the other problems that you were havng

[BlackVr6ix]

holy crap, thats not good at all!

Thank goodness for Loon!

[pommy_golfer]

I know guys, this sucks bigtime!

Apparently when Golf loon compression tested it, cylinders were ranging between 130 and 150...cylinder 6 was 90psi......so either a cracked head or gasket on the side leaking gases into my cooling system making it overheat...that would explain why all my hoses were popping left right and centre!

Everyone is tellling me to sell the VR after its fixed....even if i did and i got 7k for it...what else am i to buy with that money???......thank God i get the car real cheap, so even with the cost of a new engine i can still make my money back....

Now i just cant wait to get it back and i pray i dont have anymore probs after that.....fingers crossed! but i tell you one thing, in the finance department, after this job it has cleaned me out......

[BlackVr6ix]

I just finished paying for the last lot of work on the VR6... and now it looks like im up for another bunch of labour not to mention any parts that might be needed!

Still i love my golf, and i doubt it'd find anything anywhere near as fun for the money.

[DubSteve]

Same here I just finished paying off some money, that I had done to my car. Now I want to do some more work, never ending