moon1234
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2020
- Location
- Wisconsin
- TDI
- 2015 Passat SE TDI 6MT, 2015 Audi A3 Premium Plus TDI DSG
Have a 2015 Passat SE TDI 6MT. Has 147K miles, bought at 49K.
Clutch pedal is sitting on the floor and will not come back up without pulling it up with my hand. Master Cylinder is not low on fluid. I assume this is the slave cylinder. Means dropping the transmission to replace.
Due to mileage I am going to have the following down as well:
- Clutch Kit
- New Dual Mass Flywheel
- New Pilot Bearing
- New Rear Main Seal
Should I be looking at anything else while this down and out?
Next Question. I called VW and they quoted 4K and change for the above service. Called largest independent shop around that focuses on European Imports. They quoted $3200 for the same service. Finally I called my local garage down the road that is ALWAYS busy. He said "If you have a list of parts you want installed, buy them, leave them in the car and I will install them at the shop labor rate. Anything you F*** up or mis-order I will order for you."
I am inclined to go the third route. Dealer labor rate is $200/hour. Large Euro Shop is $150/hour and local garage is $135/hour. I have to wait two weeks to get into the local garage. He said he has an engine to install and a new transmission on a country snow plow to install first along with the normal stuff. Then he is going on vacation for a week,
Question is, would you trust a local guy like this to do the transmission work on a TDI? I want to get another 150-200K miles out of the car. The rest of the car is in excellent shape. Have done all the normal maintenance. Oil changes every 10K at the dealer since it's only $10 more than I can buy and do it myself and they vaccum the car and wash it at the same time. I have changed fuel/enginer/cabin air filters and replaced brake fluid. Timing/Camshaft kit has been done.
I am looking at putting in a Sachs Clutch Kit and DMF. OEM slave cylinder and rest of parts will come from rock auto.
Phase two has not been done yet and I don't plan on it until I am past 162K miles to get the extra 60K mile warranty. Existing DPF ash load is only at 30% so the factory DPF would probably go until 300K or more miles. Most of my miles are highway and I am not racing around.
Clutch pedal is sitting on the floor and will not come back up without pulling it up with my hand. Master Cylinder is not low on fluid. I assume this is the slave cylinder. Means dropping the transmission to replace.
Due to mileage I am going to have the following down as well:
- Clutch Kit
- New Dual Mass Flywheel
- New Pilot Bearing
- New Rear Main Seal
Should I be looking at anything else while this down and out?
Next Question. I called VW and they quoted 4K and change for the above service. Called largest independent shop around that focuses on European Imports. They quoted $3200 for the same service. Finally I called my local garage down the road that is ALWAYS busy. He said "If you have a list of parts you want installed, buy them, leave them in the car and I will install them at the shop labor rate. Anything you F*** up or mis-order I will order for you."
I am inclined to go the third route. Dealer labor rate is $200/hour. Large Euro Shop is $150/hour and local garage is $135/hour. I have to wait two weeks to get into the local garage. He said he has an engine to install and a new transmission on a country snow plow to install first along with the normal stuff. Then he is going on vacation for a week,
Question is, would you trust a local guy like this to do the transmission work on a TDI? I want to get another 150-200K miles out of the car. The rest of the car is in excellent shape. Have done all the normal maintenance. Oil changes every 10K at the dealer since it's only $10 more than I can buy and do it myself and they vaccum the car and wash it at the same time. I have changed fuel/enginer/cabin air filters and replaced brake fluid. Timing/Camshaft kit has been done.
I am looking at putting in a Sachs Clutch Kit and DMF. OEM slave cylinder and rest of parts will come from rock auto.
Phase two has not been done yet and I don't plan on it until I am past 162K miles to get the extra 60K mile warranty. Existing DPF ash load is only at 30% so the factory DPF would probably go until 300K or more miles. Most of my miles are highway and I am not racing around.