Car Servicing/Maintaince

[Agent Orange]

They are very pretty cars and a great driving car when they are actually driving, but they are extremely unreliable and they depreciate at an alarming rate. I speak from experience.

[Denn Forever]

Alfas have an unreliably issue for the last 50 years.  Have they never tried to address this?  Are the latest ones still unreliable?

[laoislad]

No, when I'm sitting in traffic idle there is no rattle its only when I go to take off.
I hardly ever use my handbrake while in moving slow traffic,unless stuck for a long time I would, and would always leave it in gear and just put foot on clutch and brake or accelerator depending on if I'm on a hill or whatever. A bad habit I know but it's just what I do.
The car almost shakes now as I go to move. It's only being happening last few days.

If flywheel you'll probably not notice anything at idle. Sit at idle and jab the cluth in and if it start to grind and shake then have to assume it's the flywheel.

Tried this today and the car didn't grind or shake or anything. I was able press the clutch in and out no bother and was very smooth.
One thing I thought of but maybe it was nothing but I had to drive through some pretty large floods last week. The water us up near the top of the wheel arch at one stage.
Could this have caused damage?

Fitting 2 flywheel kits today and reminded me of this. How is it going now LL?

Not great 
Was driving along in traffic today and the clutch got stuck pressed in.
I had to reach down and pull it back and she popped back and was fine after that.
I still have the shaking in the car when I move off.
Does it sound like clutch is fcuked?

[theskull1]

Yup

I thinking you need to get that into the mechanic.

[GJL]

No, when I'm sitting in traffic idle there is no rattle its only when I go to take off.
I hardly ever use my handbrake while in moving slow traffic,unless stuck for a long time I would, and would always leave it in gear and just put foot on clutch and brake or accelerator depending on if I'm on a hill or whatever. A bad habit I know but it's just what I do.
The car almost shakes now as I go to move. It's only being happening last few days.

If flywheel you'll probably not notice anything at idle. Sit at idle and jab the cluth in and if it start to grind and shake then have to assume it's the flywheel.

Tried this today and the car didn't grind or shake or anything. I was able press the clutch in and out no bother and was very smooth.
One thing I thought of but maybe it was nothing but I had to drive through some pretty large floods last week. The water us up near the top of the wheel arch at one stage.
Could this have caused damage?

Fitting 2 flywheel kits today and reminded me of this. How is it going now LL?

Not great 
Was driving along in traffic today and the clutch got stuck pressed in.
I had to reach down and pull it back and she popped back and was fine after that.
I still have the shaking in the car when I move off.
Does it sound like clutch is fcuked?

Def clutch/flywheel problem. They both come in a kit with a new release bearing as well so it would be wise to replace all when you go to the bother of removing the gearbox which is quite labour intensive.

[laoislad]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

[GJL]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

[laoislad]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

[GJL]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

The kit is about £500 plus VAT then a day to fit.

[laoislad]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

The kit is about £500 plus VAT then a day to fit.

Got car fixed yesterday. It was the clutch and something called a slave cylinder. He said the fly wheel was in good nick and didn't need replacing.
€500 for everything

[GJL]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

The kit is about £500 plus VAT then a day to fit.

Got car fixed yesterday. It was the clutch and something called a slave cylinder. He said the fly wheel was in good nick and didn't need replacing.
€500 for everything

Good stuff LL. If the slave cylinder was gone did your pedal feel a bit spongey? How many miles is on your car?

[andoireabu]

Hoping this is nothing but since yesterday there has been a noise like air rushing through the car when I accelerate.  Doesn't happen in 1st or 2nd gear but in 3rd when the car gets to around 1600rpm it starts.  I had the windscreen replaced two days ago. Could it be that it didn't seal properly or does it sound mechanical? 08 focus diesel.

[laoislad]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

The kit is about £500 plus VAT then a day to fit.

Got car fixed yesterday. It was the clutch and something called a slave cylinder. He said the fly wheel was in good nick and didn't need replacing.
€500 for everything

Good stuff LL. If the slave cylinder was gone did your pedal feel a bit spongey? How many miles is on your car?

120,000 KM so about 74k miles?

[GJL]

So how much you talking price wise to fix?
I hate dealing with mechanics....they are nearly as bad as Electricians!!

f**k we are not that bad!!

Is it an A4 you drive?

Yeah an A4.

The kit is about £500 plus VAT then a day to fit.

Got car fixed yesterday. It was the clutch and something called a slave cylinder. He said the fly wheel was in good nick and didn't need replacing.
€500 for everything

Good stuff LL. If the slave cylinder was gone did your pedal feel a bit spongey? How many miles is on your car?

120,000 KM so about 74k miles?

At that mileage I would expect the flywheel to still be ok. Good for at least 100k miles but so should the clutch and associated hydrolics. I hope this is the end of your bother.

[macdanger2]

Hoping this is nothing but since yesterday there has been a noise like air rushing through the car when I accelerate.  Doesn't happen in 1st or 2nd gear but in 3rd when the car gets to around 1600rpm it starts.  I had the windscreen replaced two days ago. Could it be that it didn't seal properly or does it sound mechanical? 08 focus diesel.

Is the car window open??