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humming sound when engaging in first gear.

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:25 pm
by JelloShot
Hi folks,

I notice a humming sound when engaging the clutch in first gear. More specifically, when I am holding the clutch at the friction point. It does not happen every time though.

The car has 36 thousand miles and stock clutch. There's no clutch slippage, and the car drives fine.

Help would be much appreciated.

thanks

Re: humming sound when engaging in first gear.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:57 pm
by bk7794
JelloShot wrote:Hi folks,

I notice a humming sound when engaging the clutch in first gear. More specifically, when I am holding the clutch at the friction point. It does not happen every time though.

The car has 36 thousand miles and stock clutch. There's no clutch slippage, and the car drives fine.

Help would be much appreciated.

thanks
Possibly a pilot bearing, input shaft bearing, or the throwout bearing. I get that occasionally...then again I have 301k on my car...

Re: humming sound when engaging in first gear.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:34 pm
by JelloShot
The mechanic at the dealership said it could be leaky dual mass flywheel.

It appears that this is common issue with VW TDI and GTI transmission. It would be fixed under warranty.

thanks for the reply

Re: humming sound when engaging in first gear.

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:03 pm
by Squint
JelloShot wrote:The mechanic at the dealership said it could be leaky dual mass flywheel.

It appears that this is common issue with VW TDI and GTI transmission. It would be fixed under warranty.

thanks for the reply
Get it fixed/Did that fix it?