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Known fault

Gearbox casing manufacturing fault: gearbox oil runs onto the clutch

It does not show up on every car. Check before you buy.

critical

severity

not available

mileage

1

sources

1 source next to the write-up.

The fault

How you spot it

A machining fault is known on the Mk4 gearbox casing: material can pass through the bellhousing, and the gearbox oil runs onto the clutch. From then on the clutch slips, and the repair is not a clutch replacement: the gearbox and the clutch have to be replaced together.

The sign is a slipping clutch and an oil trace under the bellhousing.

Which model

Who it affects

The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.

Generations and models

1 generations.

Checklist

Gearbox casing manufacturing fault: gearbox oil runs onto the clutch

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Checklist

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Sources

How we know

Information, not an expert opinion

We write the descriptions, and we put the source next to them. A person reviews them before they go out. They are still information, not a technical expert opinion.

  • A fault on the list does not mean the car you are looking at has it.
  • A fault missing from the list does not mean the model is fault-free. Write-ups are made model by model. Not all of them are done.
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