rperks
Veteran Member
My 2000 Golf GL owned since new celebrated the turn of 280,000 miles with the clutch acting up.
The pedal has a slightly soft feel, but still even resistance from top to bottom, just not opening up the clutch. It runs fine and mostly normal sounds in neutral. If I try and start it in gear with the clutch pedal on the floor it leads to and instant grip/jump/stall.
Things that may need to be done, I let front brakes go way too far, and recently replaced the pads and rotors but did not flush and bleed the hydro lines this time (yet). I will likely dust off the power bleeder this week.
At start there is a 1 to 2 second "Weeergeeew" sound that sounds like a small electric drill winding up. It happens quickly then passes and idle is normal with the car in neutral.
I had the car up on jacks and wheels off today, there are no apparent hydraulic leaks and the fluid reservoir appears full. the transmission side of the engine has been wet from day one due to a slow but ever present leak at the seal on that side. from what I can detect there is no new moisture or oil.
Vac lines were replaced with silicon a decade ago and appear intact. I am not sure about the larger hoses, fittings, check valves and stuff. I need to dust off the mighty vac and test things later this week.
The clutch was a full replacement by Harv at 189,000 when the last timing belt was done. Until the last week it has all been pretty good and normal. I was able to get it back to my bike shop parking lot by nursing it in with speed matched shifts.
I remember having the slave out to bench test it and replacing the master 7 or 8 years ago, but foggy on the details. I did the work myself prior to Harv working on the clutch and everything has been fine since then
With the car in full highway tractor mode (AC died/headliner held up with string/tint peeling off windows) for over a year I have been considering if it is time to move on, or throw a few thousand at it and push it a bit longer. Timing belt is due in the fall and that was going to be the turning point. Now there is this accelerating the issue. This car has been the best value I could ever imagine. Any ideas on what might be a simple fix would keep the dream alive, or at least rolling.
The pedal has a slightly soft feel, but still even resistance from top to bottom, just not opening up the clutch. It runs fine and mostly normal sounds in neutral. If I try and start it in gear with the clutch pedal on the floor it leads to and instant grip/jump/stall.
Things that may need to be done, I let front brakes go way too far, and recently replaced the pads and rotors but did not flush and bleed the hydro lines this time (yet). I will likely dust off the power bleeder this week.
At start there is a 1 to 2 second "Weeergeeew" sound that sounds like a small electric drill winding up. It happens quickly then passes and idle is normal with the car in neutral.
I had the car up on jacks and wheels off today, there are no apparent hydraulic leaks and the fluid reservoir appears full. the transmission side of the engine has been wet from day one due to a slow but ever present leak at the seal on that side. from what I can detect there is no new moisture or oil.
Vac lines were replaced with silicon a decade ago and appear intact. I am not sure about the larger hoses, fittings, check valves and stuff. I need to dust off the mighty vac and test things later this week.
The clutch was a full replacement by Harv at 189,000 when the last timing belt was done. Until the last week it has all been pretty good and normal. I was able to get it back to my bike shop parking lot by nursing it in with speed matched shifts.
I remember having the slave out to bench test it and replacing the master 7 or 8 years ago, but foggy on the details. I did the work myself prior to Harv working on the clutch and everything has been fine since then
With the car in full highway tractor mode (AC died/headliner held up with string/tint peeling off windows) for over a year I have been considering if it is time to move on, or throw a few thousand at it and push it a bit longer. Timing belt is due in the fall and that was going to be the turning point. Now there is this accelerating the issue. This car has been the best value I could ever imagine. Any ideas on what might be a simple fix would keep the dream alive, or at least rolling.
