300k_logician
Well-known member
Okay, here's my issue:
2000 ALH Jetta, M/T, 5-speed manual. Bought it about a year ago, at 290,000.
At the time, the shifting was fine below 2k RPM, and the seller stated that his mechanic 'swore that there's nothing wrong with the clutch'. Just letting the RPM's drop before shifting prevented rough shifting that it was dealing with.
Sitting in 1st with clutch depressed (at red light) I could hear a faint clicking sound (possibly the fingers in the pressure plate?)
Since then I tried GL-5 O'Reilly's 75w90 gear oil (wrong stuff, I don't think they know much about german diesels), then realized my error and put VW G60 in. No major improvements occurred either time, although draining the O'R's fluid revealed what looked like pulverized brass floating on top.
1 year and 21k miles down the road...
Shifting is getting harder. Shifting into 5th used to be easiest, now it needs the RPM's to drop. Going into 3rd, it will grind sometimes regardless. It takes a lot of fidgeting to get it into 1st when stopped at a red light. And when the clutch is depressed, stopped in 1st, I can feel the pedals (and maybe the whole car) vibrating. If it's in Neutral, this vibration goes away. It also grinds when shifting into Reverse from a stop.
Any thoughts? I'm still a newbie at most of this, so please bear with me. Thanks in advance.
P.S. Would noting differences in shifting depending on the car's angle (eg uphill or down) be any help in diagnosing this?
2000 ALH Jetta, M/T, 5-speed manual. Bought it about a year ago, at 290,000.
At the time, the shifting was fine below 2k RPM, and the seller stated that his mechanic 'swore that there's nothing wrong with the clutch'. Just letting the RPM's drop before shifting prevented rough shifting that it was dealing with.
Sitting in 1st with clutch depressed (at red light) I could hear a faint clicking sound (possibly the fingers in the pressure plate?)
Since then I tried GL-5 O'Reilly's 75w90 gear oil (wrong stuff, I don't think they know much about german diesels), then realized my error and put VW G60 in. No major improvements occurred either time, although draining the O'R's fluid revealed what looked like pulverized brass floating on top.
1 year and 21k miles down the road...
Shifting is getting harder. Shifting into 5th used to be easiest, now it needs the RPM's to drop. Going into 3rd, it will grind sometimes regardless. It takes a lot of fidgeting to get it into 1st when stopped at a red light. And when the clutch is depressed, stopped in 1st, I can feel the pedals (and maybe the whole car) vibrating. If it's in Neutral, this vibration goes away. It also grinds when shifting into Reverse from a stop.
Any thoughts? I'm still a newbie at most of this, so please bear with me. Thanks in advance.
P.S. Would noting differences in shifting depending on the car's angle (eg uphill or down) be any help in diagnosing this?