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Took my car to our local independent VW specialist mechanic couple days ago. He pulled the transmission this morning, and confirmed that it was indeed my slave cylinder which was leaking. I asked him about the metal vs. plastic bodied slave cylinders, and he said that in his opinion it didn’t...

Update: Finally got around to bleeding the clutch hydraulic system, which gave me my clutch pedal back. But the process also produced a small puddle of brake fluid on the ground, dripping from the most dreaded location — bottom of transmission bell housing. So as you guys correctly predicted...

Ah, gotcha - thanks! Well, will go through the steps from easiest/cheapest to hardest/$$$ and see where they lead. Sounds like there may indeed be a clutch slave cylinder replacement in my near future, though... :-(

pipesta, did you notice if the fluid level in your brake fluid reservoir had gone down at all, or if it was still basically full when your slave cylinder failed?

Ok, will try bleeding first, when can get it moved into location where I can work on it. Note that the fluid level in the brake reservoir was indeed well above the nipple for the clutch master cylinder supply hose when I checked, so am still a bit baffled by the symptoms. Definitely not seeing...

I'm having a perplexing issue with the clutch pedal in my 2014 TDI Sportwagen - can't figure out what's going on or what the problem might be. Here are the symptoms: - Couple days ago, went to drive car (after had been sitting a couple days since last drive) and found that the clutch pedal was...

Think that I used the "08 Distant Impulse Number 08" setting for my car, which seemed to correspond to the smallest possible wheel size setting (?) and give me the lowest speedometer error. So for bigger wheels & tires, you may want to work your way up that list from the bottom to see which...

My car has stock-sized tires, and I was noting that my MFD usually read about 2-3 mph faster than GPS measured velocities. And that my speedometer (needle gauge) also always shows about 1 mph faster than the MFD readout. I used VCDS to pick & set the smallest available wheel size correction...

For a feel on asking prices, recommend doing a search in Autotrader for VW Jettas, “2013-2014” model years, “wagon” body style, “diesel” fuel, “manual” transmission. They used to regularly list over 100+ of those back when I was shopping for my car (couple years back), but nowadays listings...

IndigoBlueWagon, any update on if you think that you’re going to have the winter fronts available this season or not?

I made some foam pieces last year to block the grille, when necessary. They fit and look ok, but still bit of a pain and time consuming to swap them in and out, especially when it’s cold / wet / dirty / etc. outside. Here are the lower ones, installed. The ID Parts Winter Front set just...

Thanks! I did block off the grills w/ some homemade closed-cell foam inserts last winter, and they definitely made a noticeable difference in engine warmup time, cabin heating performance, and mileage. Main issue here though (KS), is that the temperatures can often swing so wildly from...

Am aware that this is more appropriate for the classifieds section, but wanted to also reach out to the "wider audience" here as well. I'm trying to find an ID Parts Winter Front grill cover set for 2010-2014 Golf and Sportwagen. The company discontinued offering them a year or two back, but...

I'm looking to find an ID Parts Winter Front kit for 2010-2014 Golf and Sportwagen. Company no longer offers them (discontinued), but if anybody has a NOS or decent used set, I'd be happy to purchase from you -- thanks!