Hi

So yesterday I felt like a bit more of a blast in the VRS, so planted the right foot a little more, ok - a lot more. I only did this when over 2000 revs as per advice I've read in the past. I noticed that the revcounter was bouncing up them coming back down before climbing smoothly. This happened in 2nd 3rd and 4th most noticeably.

As you can imagine I thought my clutch was giving up - or the DMF, or both! I even came home and started to look into getting a repair done.

Today - same approach to driving, just to get a better angle on the whole thing and no bouncing rev needle - smooth as you like - feeling much pokier than yesterday as a consequence.

Any ideas whats going on?

thanks

cainey

Could be an oil seal has gone and is lightly contaminating the clutch causing temporary slip until it burns off. I had this on a mk3 Golf once. If it is that it will only get worse and you'll need a new clutch and oil seal :'(

i am having this problem when i boot it in 5th and 6th and has begun in 4th recently!

it started and would occasionally happen but now it does it prettymuch whenever i put my foot down in highers gears. nightmare! im going to start saving :'(

When a clutch friction plate is getting towards the end of it's life, It can & will have good & bad day's, Slipping sometimes & not others.. Generally it will only get worse & will eventually slip on demand ...

Unless of course there is some other mechanical issue causing this which could be rectified .......

Dean

Im having the same problems in my fabia vrs :'(

Doing it in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th now :(

Not a happy boy atm

Don't forget the full clutch and DMF kit can be got for £280 now. Add VAT and labour and that will jump to about £490 all in, but clutches wear just like brake pads and will need replacing at some point.

Many thanks for all the info - Its still been hit and miss, bad again yesterday, ok again today!

I'll start saving up