Do you start the van with the clutch in or out? If you start it with the clutch depressed and all sounds good then it is more likely to be on the gearbox side.
Wish I had, think I actually let out snorts or derision when they offered me warrenty. Tit. No whine but sure ita grindy going into reverse, 1st is stupidly short and sometimes think 4th feels weird going down hill.
The turbo blew out on my way home on Wednesday. Garage that did flywheel saying bad luck nothing to do with their work and wont do turbo as I cant afford genuine vw parts they insist of fitting ao had to abandon van with a turbo specialist....think im going to have to take your advice and bend over for webuyanycar
Sadly not joking. Is that a done thing? I havent even contacted the dealer i got it from as over a year ago and hard enough dealing with them jist buying it. 62,000 miles its got. Just cant believe it. Cost £31,000 including vat spent ages deliberating about it as needed a vehicle im a gardener with a kid and dogs so it just ticked all the boxes ate an affordable chunk of my income to reduce tax bill i can never afford and hoped would have good resale value once bank loan repaid. Still owe £20,000. Webuyanycar offering 23k without looking at it. I scuffed the left side against a flint wall (wet mud track I hadnt accounted for extra weight compared to old van i was used to and slid back). Probably going to be a grand at least just to get it back on the road but still has this awful noise and basically wasted 2 grand trying to solve it. Garage got really shirty because I asked for evidence of 2nd flywheel they put in and they sent me pictures of the 2 invoices for fly wheels and some pictures of van in the air so they were pretty offended I accused them of pulling a fast ine but just wasnt sure what to do.
Just thought id update you. £1200 turned into £2500 as to replace the turbo the whole bloody engine had to come out. Garage was livid as me clearly didnt want the agro. Asked them to diagnose banging noise inspect gearbox and mechanic was adamant was the fly wheel still so they corresponded with original place i took for repair and they supplied A THIRD flywheel under warrenty. Finally picked van up today seems tp be running fine...will listen diligently in the morning see of.banging resolved. f***ing engine management light on yet again saying check adblue d.e.f.....got to go back to garage tomorrow suspect theyve pulled the same wore first garage did whem changed fly wheel.
Sorry hadnt realised id sent previous message losing the plot. I wouldnt have even bothered asking them i just cant get over it 4 years and 60,000 miles serviced every year this kind of faults just seem like not fit for purpose. Might look into this motor vehicle ombudsman see if any help. No idea what to do with van now weather im selling a good van that owes me thousands or shedding a curse.
When will it end!!!
Hi. Thanks for asking. Actually quite depressed about the whole situation and so sorry to hear that as afraid were in the same boat.Hi, did their final repair actually get rid of that rattling sound? I have exactly the same noise coming from a 2023 5 speed manual that’s already had 2 DMF’s and a gearbox replaced under warranty only for the noise to still be present!
Its LUK flywheel I've used the vw technician explained that its the same to me just doesnt get the additional vigorous vw testing to earn the additional £600 or whatever it is so they can put their stamp on. Regardless or brand anyway the measured mine (as brand new when turbo replaced) and its all within vw spec and tolerance they just wanted a get out of jail card as if they didnt have enough to choose from.Aftermarket items from an OE manufacturer aren't always identical to the originals. You can't take it as read that just because Sachs(?) made it that it will be to the same spec as the ones they supply to VW.
Although clearly you've something bad going wrong there
No shit, do you work for them lol? I didnt buy it from vw. I serviced it myself. Took it to an accredited vw independent not acknowledged by vw atall, had another independent take whole f***ing engine out to replace Turbo because I couldnt afford new vw one. Fact still remains my van has their badge on it and it cost me 31k with less than 50,000 miles and its shit! The turbo shouldn't have failed and the gearbox isn't a serviceable item neither is the flywheel. Its a joke. I dont know details just said it was within tolerances directional play and looked brand new.
